Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 25 April 2023

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth

Possible Enhancement of Child Protection Powers of Tusla: Discussion

Photo of Tom ClonanTom Clonan (Independent)
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I commend Ms Duggan on that. I wrote to the Garda Commissioner in the past week asking for a Garda investigation into the residential setting for persons with intellectual disability and, unfortunately, in writing to the Commissioner, I had to point out that some of the statutory agencies involved are actually the ones placing obstacles in the way of such full disclosure, with the withholding of information and so on. That is obviously a matter in and of itself. This speaks to me, however, of a culture that is habituated in moral legalism without being able to have existential, ethical and moral leadership, and to have that very clearly signposted.

I do not believe Ms Duggan answered all of the questions. Is she-----