Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

It is like saying we should establish a different coroner's agency for every crime it will investigate or that we should set up a new branch of the Garda every time a crime is committed. Why would we not set up a stand-alone body to deal with every case instead of setting up a new agency each time? It does not make any sense. We would not do it for any other body that is investigating matters such as this. Why do it for this one? The Minister's response further reinforces my opinion that this legislation is only geared towards investigating Tuam and no other known sites. Why would separate bodies be set up every time? That will cost the State more. It will result in survivors having to engage and potentially relive trauma more than once because they will be required to engage with the different bodies every time they are set up. It does not make practical sense. Will the Minister try to explain again why he thinks it is a good idea to set up a different body every time there is an investigation at a site?