Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 June 2021

Committee on Public Petitions

Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision Report: Discussion

Photo of Gerard CraughwellGerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank Dr. Muldoon and his colleague, Ms Ward. The information they constantly give to the public is vital. If they see something that needs to be highlighted, I beg them to come back to the committee and to get it into the public domain. The public needs to know. I will outline an experience I had at the weekend. I have a relative whose legs have been amputated. A three-year-old child, my granddaughter, turned to him the other day and asked him how long it would take for them to grow back. That is a child. A child sees nothing but positivity. A child has no inhibitions. God help us but we train them to build the inhibitions they develop and, in some cases, those inhibitions are racist. I applaud the work our guests are doing and I thank them for their time.

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