Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Yes. In this "big house", there is a big, hollow gap of common sense. It does not happen too often here and that is really frustrating. I could be banging doors on this and asking why is it so difficult to do the right thing and why is it so extremely difficult and frustrating to assist with doing the right thing. Given that the members of the National Graves Association are volunteers who preserve history, it is very frustrating that there are those in the State who want to fight against them for doing the right thing. I suggest that we write to the Taoiseach, ask him to get involved and use the examples that have been given to us already to see where we can go from there. It is sometimes frustrating that it is so difficult to do the right thing in this country because you are going to get battered for it. I thank the Chair and the witnesses.