Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)

I seek a more concrete commitment from the Taoiseach. The women await an apology; the women await acknowledgment; and the women and their families await the lifting of the awful and degrading taboo they have carried with them. They also await a measure of compensation. The State excluded these women from previous redress mechanisms. Now is the moment for the apology, the acknowledgement and the compensation so richly due to these women. Is the Taoiseach prepared now to stand and acknowledge and apologise to these women?

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