Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)

Justice must be done even though the heavens fall, as they say. If the issue is money, let us remember we are spending €30 billion on the banks. The surviving people who lived in Bethany Home had their entire lives ruined by the experience. I have heard what the Minister of State said about the Department of Justice and Law Reform, but I do not hear him saying anything about the Department of Education and Skills. Is he saying that if the Department of Justice and Law Reform so recommends to him, he will include them? Is further evidence being sought in order that they would be included in the scheme? I understand it is the Department of Education and Skills that administers the scheme.

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