Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I fully agree with the Deputy. In fairness to the commission of investigation, we are all aware that a chunk of our lives was missed this year and that has caused difficulties and delays for everyone in every context. I do not want to make comparisons because I do not want to minimise the issue we are discussing. However, everyone's lives were delayed and that is the context here.

I met two members of the commission of investigation around a month ago and we had a useful discussion. I asked them if they were absolutely confident about the date of 30 October and they replied that they were. I am confident about that date and that on that date we can begin the process of doing due diligence on the Government side to make sure we can have the report published as quickly as possible. As the Deputy is aware, it is important to flag to the survivors that we will not have it published on that day. It is my absolute intention, however, to publish it as quickly as is possible subject to the advice of the Attorney General and the Government's decision thereafter.

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