Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 75:

In page 79, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: "(3) Upon publication of the final report, the Director and or other Agency officials shall make themselves available to appear before the relevant Oireachtas Committee.".

Given the controversy relating to the publication of the final report, this amendment provides that the director or other officials of the agency shall make themselves available to appear before the relevant Oireachtas committee. Given the controversy that seems to follow this issue and any reports or investigations stemming from the discovery of remains at Tuam, it is important that the director appear before the relevant Oireachtas committee to discuss his or her final report. We have seen in the past how the chair of the commission declined to appear before the Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. We were asking about language and methodology at the time.