Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

A year has now passed since the Minister, Deputy O’Gorman, wrote to the Secretary General of the Taoiseach’s Department seeking an investigation into the leaking to the media of the commission’s final report. The failure to conclude this investigation has been described by survivors and their families as another broken promise in a long litany of broken promises from the current and former Governments. The Taoiseach’s response on this delay is not acceptable. He gave a commitment to investigate this leak. Survivors, their families and those of us who represent them here were repeatedly told the process is ongoing without providing any detail of what that statement actually means. It was the decision of the Taoiseach to tag this investigation on to a broader examination of multiple Cabinet leaks. If this particular examination cannot be completed in a reasonable timeframe, then it is time to separate this out from the rest of these. This dithering and delay is in the context of the Government having to accept and acknowledge in the High Court that the commission of investigation treated witnesses unlawfully and the release of a redress scheme based on findings and recommendations that have been utterly discredited. Let me repeat that - utterly discredited.

The following is owed to the survivors and families: an explanation as to why this is taking so long, clarity on what date the Secretary General will conclude this work, and a firm commitment to publish the findings.

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