Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We need answers to these questions in order to establish the facts. What happened in the house and how was the decision made? What was the risk or danger and who made the decision? In the first instance, we will get reports from the Garda Commissioner and the HSE. We will place them in the hands of the Children's Ombudsman and let us see what report ensues. There may well be issues that we will then have to return to and address at that stage. In the first instance, however, let us hear what are the actual facts of what happened. We must get the basic questions answered and hear what the independent Children's Ombudsman has to say about it.

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