Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

On the first reply the Taoiseach gave regarding the survivors of religious institutional abuse, has it ever been reflected to him, as it has been to me, by some of those survivors and spokespeople on behalf of many of the survivors involved that the Government's formula for the distribution, utilisation and employment of the moneys and the transfer of assets from the religious institutions was tantamount to rubbing salt in wounds that had been inflicted from their childhood? That is how strong the language was when reflecting on that 15 April disclosure by the Taoiseach to those same survivors. I am told that they left the Taoiseach in no doubt of their strong rejection of what was proposed and how they were now to be dealt with in terms of the distribution of the transfer of assets and cash. If he can add something further to that, I would welcome it.

On the education issue that I raised with the Taoiseach,-----

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