Joe O'Toole (Independent)

When it came for the order to pay up in 1996 that €100 million had been reduced to €4 million. That is what we are facing. The order has already set up a trust. I do not have confidence in what Brother Edmund Garvey stated in the past couple of days. First, the Government should ensure the order pays up, as the order is leading us to believe without saying so. Second, if there are moneys to be made available, they should not be made available by a charitable route or conduit from the Christian Brothers to deal with the same people who were their victims decades ago. It should be dealt with independently and away from the representatives of the perpetrators. I look forward to a more detailed discussion this afternoon on other issues which have been raised during the week.