Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

Marie Therese O'Loughlin. I am duty bound to comply with the procedures. I cannot make up laws or switch laws on my feet to suit cases. I made this point several times to several Deputies and Senators to convey the message. The position is that the two Departments have extensively examined all of their records, files and archives to see whether inspections were carried out at the Regina Coeli hostel, the section of it that was a mother and baby home. There were not.

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