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

I thank the Deputy. I agree with her. The national records and memorial centre will be really important. It will be important for survivors as it will be a physical manifestation of a recognition of what happened to them and, as the Deputy stated, it will provide a place for their stories and personal accounts to be told. It is important for society as well in terms of educating people about what happened in these institutions. It is also important from a historical perspective in terms of ensuring there is a single place where these records are accessible to historians and maybe individuals researching information about their families. It is important that these records are made available in a very accessible format online as well, recognising that the survivor community is an international one. It is all over the world and it should be easy for its members, wherever they are living now, to access these really important records.

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