David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

What Mr. Watt was saying earlier then is that there may well be analogous residents as well who may be covered, that he does not know the full extent of that, and that a trawl is being done by the Department. In the 2011 memo that went to four senior Ministers at the time, it is very clear. There is no ambiguity in the memo that was sent. It states: “In addition, there are other institutions similar to St. Michael's, Cheeverstown and the Daughters of Charity with residents who would have similar potential claims." The memo does not say: "may have" or "might have", it says "would have". The Department knew that there were people who had similar potential claims and did nothing. In fact, it goes on to say that there was a potential liability of €360 million.