Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)

I will not refer to an individual but to the same substantive matter. I propose that the debate on the report be structured to take account of related reports, including the examinations of the prison system into which many of the victims went. I was a member of the MacBride commission, which interviewed some of these casualties. They were afraid to come forward at that time. The debate should wide and structured.

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