Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I must urge them, as I and the Minister of State, Deputy Lynch, did privately, to respond positively to the Quirke report and contribute to the scheme, and I am now doing so publicly. I hope they will reconsider the position they have taken. On reflection they may recognise many of the members of the congregations would like to approach this matter in a manner whereby the wider public regards them as accepting some level of responsibility for the difficulties which occurred in the lives of these women.

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