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

I will respond to that because I agree entirely with the Senator. That is the approach we are hoping to take with the records and memorials centre. We will have a source of records, and a legal basis for access to these records, where academics will be able to access them and make their own conclusions and judgments. These records will be open to everyone, academics and others, who wish to inspect this archive. That is what we are seeking to achieve. In terms of the specific lived experience initiative, the idea is again to move away from a narrow, legalistic approach but allow the spoken words of former residents of these institutions to form the record, unfiltered by legal concerns or the like. That is what we are looking to achieve here.