Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

What we are seeking to do in Tuam is to look at the manifestly inappropriate nature of the burials of these babies and children at the site. That is what this legislation is designed to address, namely situations where the burials of children and babies who were in mother and baby institutions or county institutions are in a manifestly inappropriate manner. That is fundamentally what this legislation seeks to achieve. As I say, there is general agreement that that manifestly inappropriate standard is clearly evident in Tuam but this legislation allows for the fact that a similar situation may be revealed elsewhere and will allow a future Government to intervene elsewhere.