Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

The final report of what began as the Laffoy commission on institutional child abuse will be published today and I have no doubt that it will highlight a terrible litany of abuse of children by church and State over a number of decades. Will the Taoiseach schedule a debate on the commission's report and will he consider facilitating the same in the coming week so that the House can properly address the very serious expected content of the report and tease out its recommendations?

On 14 May, the Mental Health Commission published its report and again highlighted the fact that hundreds of people are being detained in institutions throughout the State-----

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