Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

The Ceann Comhairle is not being drawn into the debate. When he was Minister for Health, the Ceann Comhairle was part of an Administration that dropped proposals from a previous Government which had dealt with this matter and would have put in on a legal basis. How can the Government introduce a Statute of Limitations for six years back when the Government of 1987 knew these charges were illegal and that the preceding Government had a proposal to deal with them? Is the Government not entering into an area of grave constitutional difficulties? The Taoiseach told us before Christmas——

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