David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Returning to Mr. Watt, parents will be looking at the totality of this situation and the totality of information being held. Some of it may have come from the plaintiffs and some of it did not. That is why we need full and open disclosure and we must have a review of the policy here. I state that because Mr. Watt was talking about this being standard practice, and people are reasonably asking the question, whatever about the legality of it, if it is right that this is standard practice. They are also asking if it is right that, directly or indirectly, through services updates or otherwise, information of this nature, of a very sensitive nature in some cases, was part of that standard practice, including by the way, and I will address this question now as well, potentially confidential information that provided an insight into the mental state and well-being of the children and their families. There were also issues concerning very sensitive information on matters within the families. That obviously troubles and concerns people. The question then is whether there was full open disclosure in respect of the families involved. I am not satisfied that there was. As we speak, has any information being held on any of these families, in all of these cases, now been fully disclosed to the families?