Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I never asked the Minister to interfere in any way with an independent process. What horrifies me is that we are now in November 2018 and there is no sign of the report. Is there a problem with staff or are there insufficient resources? We have seen the report from Mr. Justice Charleton in October 2018 and that tribunal was set up in February 2017. We saw the number of documents and witnesses that went through his hands and he still has a report quicker than this review of a specific case of three young children under the age of ten who suffered repeated abuse.

I understand that all of the files were reviewed in April 2016, the terms of reference were set up in October 2017 and here we are in November this year and there has been no communication. Questions have to be asked about what is needed to complete this review. Are extra resources needed? What is the position? Those questions can be asked very efficiently without interfering with any independent mechanism. Clearly, those questions have to be asked. We all watched the programme. Deputy Rabbitte has asked questions, the leader of Sinn Féin has asked questions and I have asked questions. but the answers we are getting are unacceptable.

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