Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

While I understand the Minister's point, if the 30 October deadline is adhered to, it will be the first time a timeline will have been met in this whole scenario. The report should have been published before the Covid pandemic started. Covid should not come into this. I never know what we can say about mother and baby homes, institutional abuse and all the horrible things that happened. The State has totally failed people. One thing we can do, apart from apologising, is publish the report and get the information. It is important the deadline is not extended any further.

The first group of people to be given copies of the report must be the survivors. Unfortunately nowadays, we see leaks to the media a few days or weeks in advance of publication of any report. We do not want survivors to open a newspaper and read about various parts of the report before they have been told it has been completed and is available. I appeal to the Minister, insofar as it is possible and within his power to do so, to ensure the survivors are the first to get copies of the report.

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