Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The brevity of the Taoiseach's answer is an insult to the vulnerable children who are currently in the charge of our child protection services. The second report I mentioned was concluded in 2016. The allegations in the report are so serious that the Garda is investigating them on the grounds of reckless endangerment. We have a strong belief that the report in question will not be published. The professional people who carried out the Oberstown review and its recommendations on a contractual basis, and on the understanding that it would be published, have not been given any legal reason it cannot be published. If there is a legal reason and if redactions are necessary, why can it not be published on that basis? Even though there have been improvements at Oberstown - it could not really get much worse, considering the problems that have been encountered there - the reality is that HIQA reports which have been completed this year set out 38 child protection and welfare concerns, none of which have been concluded. In a number of those cases, the person who made the complaint was not even given an acknowledgement. These are children who are suspected of abuse. Some of the allegations were against staff members in the facility itself. We do not know if those staff members, and those referred to in the correspondence that has been leaked or provided under freedom of information, are still working there and still represent a potential threat to vulnerable children. I know the Taoiseach has bigger fish to fry today, but I am sorry to say that his initial response to me was a little disrespectful to the people at the heart of these matters.

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