Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 April 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

General Scheme of Retention of Records Bill 2015: Discussion

1:10 pm

Photo of Michael ConaghanMichael Conaghan (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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We must learn from it and not just pretend this is not there. That is the point of bringing it to the surface, so that it is not forever kept underwater by tying big stones to it. That is what happened in the past and it is part of the problem we have today. We buried things, hid things and pretended things did not happen. All kinds of things happen in society and we must take account of that.