Rónán Mullen (Independent)

Yes, and I would be open to looking at that aspect of it, but that would not amount to a separation of church and State. I would be in favour of including other faiths but that would not open up the issue of what Senator O'Malley described as a separation of church and State.

As we all know, the young people in the institutions were not guilty of any sin. Nonetheless, it seems appropriate to recall the words of the founder of Christianity to which many of those who presided over the abuse adhered, albeit so badly: "Woe to you that caused one of those little ones to sin, better that a millstone be cast around your neck and that you be cast into the sea." They bear a terrible moral responsibility for what they have done, whether they are ever brought to book for it in this State or not.