John Moloney (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

I meant to mention Deputy McHugh earlier as he was part of the meeting with the Minister, Deputy Doyle and myself some time ago. I gave the commitment that I would hold another meeting before the end of this term. I hope that meeting will not be just for the sake of checking where we were at the last meeting. It is to deal with the issue of the register and, more importantly, to find whether we can secure a lead investigator.

I understand 155 boys travel to the UK. I offer my sympathy to them, but more than just doing that, I will try to deal with the matter.

I add my congratulations to Deputies McHugh and Enright. Indeed, I sent a card to my constituency colleague, Deputy Enright, on the good news.

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