Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am delighted to hear that. It is important that the survivors play an important role in this. We have all learned from our meetings with survivors the importance of access to records and that there are no barriers. That is our commitment from this Government, that we will make sure no survivor who wants to access his or her records encounters barrier after barrier.

I am delighted that the Secretary General of the Government will chair this. That is very important. Like other Deputies, I have been working with survivors in my area. One learns from that. We will all remember listening to the stories of survivors about their journey. This national memorial will play a significant part in helping them on that journey. That is all we can do, as the Minister said. We can only help them as best we can and make sure we are there to give them that support.

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