Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 14 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025: Discussion
2:00 am
Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin (Wicklow-Wexford, Sinn Fein)
I am sorry to be returning to that UCD report, but it grabbed my attention. The report is only from two years ago. It drew parallels regarding what was happening in Ireland with the infamous scandals in Rotherham and Rochdale in Britain, which happened from the 1980s up to 2010. That was a scathing indictment of the authorities in the UK. Basically, the authorities said they knew about it but felt uncomfortable acting on it for particular reasons. I am wondering about those parallels drawn by the UCD report, which was undertaken by Dr. Mary Canning and others. Is there a fear Ireland could potentially face a similar charge in future that the authorities failed to act?
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