Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I do understand that but it is worth taking into account, whatever about the legal arguments, the motivation of the people who took the case and who made the complaints to the Ombudsman was not merely technical, it was on the basis of injustice to them. I think they were correct. I think the interpretation, whether it was the responsibility of civil servants or members of the Government, was wrong and it went against the spirit and very possibly the letter of what was intended by Mr. Justice Quirke. I very much believe that at that stage at the very least if not earlier it should have been revisited. There was a clear cross-over there at the very least between the residents of the residential institution and the Magdalen laundry on the same campus who were in a situation of forced labour together and in that context it should have been revisited. If that is the response of the Minister and if he is the one we should put under pressure, that is fine, but somebody should have recognised that.