James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)

I thank you, a Leas Cheann Comhairle. As Deputy Shatter has said, never before have we had recommendations blacked out of a report. The Minister of State's assertion that it is only the most hard-hitting recommendations that are left in beggars belief. Does he think the public will buy that? The public only has his word for that. That will not do. At a time when we need to protect our children we need transparency. That is the first step towards accountability which needs to occur before we get fairness. We have not had fairness for our children. This has been the case in the past and it continued until the not distant past.

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