Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

Not that much younger, and the Minister has more hair than I have. I ask him, as Minister for Education and Science, to introduce a sense of urgency with regard to the relationship the religious teaching orders and other aspects of the Catholic Church have with the citizens of this Republic. In that context, would he contemplate introducing a name-and-shame policy if these congregations do not provide the information ? We reluctantly did this with regard to citizens who are taxpayers. Why can we not do it to congregations which have cost the taxpayers of this Republic €1.3 billion?

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