Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Earlier the Minister of State called the reviewer in question incompetent for not having raised issues with him. Whatever the reviewer's remit, he seems to have not deemed himself competent to carry out the work and the Minister of State seems to have agreed as no extension or broadening of that remit was sought. If I were to say to the Minister of State that 100 premature deaths were possibly caused by this chemical exposure, would he agree that there is an urgent need for the State to immediately set up an inquiry? There are not 100 cases before the courts, but there are thousands of people who might potentially have been affected by this. These include students who worked in the complex; children, some of whom were in State care when they started in the Air Corps; and officers' families who were also exposed because of chemical transfer. This, surely, is a scandal in need of the kind of investigation that has taken place in other jurisdictions lacking in appropriate health and safety regimes. Will the Minister of State once and for all accept that this is a scandal that needs to be addressed? First and foremost we have to ensure that the survivors of this get the medical care and protection they need immediately, regardless of what is before the courts.

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