Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

We all agree that the church and the Vatican, in particular, were not sufficiently proactive down through the years in response to the issue of child abuse and child sexual abuse, in particular. I established the Laffoy-Ryan commission to examine industrial schools. I established the Ferns inquiry, which revealed horrific abuse of children. The aspect of the Cloyne issue about which I am asking is the Taoiseach's assertion that another state frustrated or hindered an inquiry in this state. I am trying to ascertain the exact way in which it hindered or frustrated the inquiry. Was there a specific incident in mind? Was there a specific issue on which it actually tried to frustrate or hinder the inquiry? I am trying to ascertain the Taoiseach's basis for making that assertion.

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