Ms Eileen Molloy:

We are made to feel we are the guilty party here; we are not. The State and the people who were in charge who it deemed necessary to raise us - loosely said - in the institutions are the perpetrators, not us. Why do we have to beg for what is rightfully ours? No other member of society has to do it. Why do we? We are no different. We are human beings. I cannot get that through enough. We are human beings at the end of the day. As I said earlier, I will die before the 75 years have elapsed, as will my children and grandchildren. Why is the State doing this to us? I would love to get a clear answer on that. I am not legally minded or politically minded; I am just an ordinary simple person. I should be given it in my language so that I can understand. I do not think I will be happy with the answer, but that is what I really feel. It needs to be brought down to our level.