Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)

The report of the independent review of the death of children in the care of the State has been on the Government's desk for almost half a year. As Opposition spokesperson on children's issues, the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, wondered aloud in this House whether, given the amount of work involved in producing the report, its two authors, child law expert Geoffrey Shannon and the director of advocacy for Barnardos, Norah Gibbons, would have sufficient resources to complete it. In fact, they managed to complete within one year this important report on how the State had failed children in its care.

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