Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

Thank you a Cheann Comhairle, I will bear that in mind. I am going on the information we have and I am generalising. As I said, a judge adjudicated on the case. The Taoiseach is going and I hope the reactionary policies are going with him. I hope the backwardness that was visited on young people in this country for so many decades will also go. The Taoiseach has had his time. Hopefully, we will have a different time and the yearning there is for a different type of society, among young people in particular, can be brought about.

In conclusion, I hope we see a movement now to bring about the separation of church and State and the type of legislation that gives the person involved the right to make this decision for themselves. Hopefully, that movement will not take very long with the new incumbent. We will find out but I encourage people to actively ensure that it happens because we cannot trust the people in this Dáil to ensure that these cases do not happen again.

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