Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We are concluding the discussion of this issue now. It would be very wrong of me at this stage not to reiterate, on behalf of the committee, the apology made by the Taoiseach in 1999 on behalf of the State to the survivors of abuse when he announced the establishment of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse. We have been talking about the financial end of it. It might be a little raw and difficult for people, but as Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts and a Member of Dáil Éireann, I reiterate the apology on behalf of the State and the Oireachtas made by the Taoiseach in 1999.