David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is fudge, with respect. Mr. Breslin should be in a position to say, as would anyone with half a brain cell, that this was a systemic failure. However, for reasons which are very obvious, he is not in a position to say it. I find that deeply disturbing given what we are talking about here and given that we are dealing with grieving women who are very upset and who were let down by the State. To have Accounting Officers coming before this committee, hiding behind words, dancing on the head of a pin-----