James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is December, Christmas is coming and I am reminded of the fact that this is a particularly important time for children and, therefore, I do not really want to respond in many respects to the highly political charges that Deputy Troy has levelled. I am reminded of Bill Clinton and his comment - what is really annoying you is that it is taking us so long to clean up your mess. The bottom line here is that for many years my good colleague, Deputy Alan Shatter, fought with the Government, of which Deputy Troy was a member, to determine how many children were dying in care. He could not get that information for over two years. We now have a situation where not alone do we have clarity on all of these things, we have a committee that looks at those situations-----