Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

That is not good enough. The Taoiseach is in charge. What knowledge does the Taoiseach have about the delay from when the first girl disclosed, the second girl in 2011, the third girl in 2013, to April 2016, when a referral was made to an independent review panel? What investigation has the Taoiseach done? What has his Department said to him? What has the head of the Health Service Executive, Mr. O'Brien, said? When was it set up? How was this the choice relating to the systematic rape of three young girls under the watch of the Health Service Executive? The Taoiseach came in and reassured us, when he is not in a position to reassure us. The committee that looked at foster care in Ireland raised serious concerns about the absence of comprehensive data. There is no way the Taoiseach can reassure us. What is the number of children in Ireland without an allocated social worker? What knowledge does the Taoiseach have of the delay? What did the Health Service Executive do internally when it discovered the systematic rape of three young children? What decisions were made? Who accounted to whom? Perhaps we would not need inquiries if the Taoiseach simply found out information and brought it to us so that we could learn, improve and give reassurance at that point.

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