Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The response to queries raised regarding the life centre for at least a year has been that this review was forthcoming. I do not know that that was entirely fair to the centre or to people like us who asked questions in good faith about it. The Department knew the report only dealt with children up to 15, while the Cork Life Centre deals with children up to 18. This review, no matter how well authored, was never going to have all the answers to their situation. The fact it was used as the basis for telling them to hold tough a while does not seem totally fair, in hindsight.