Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy suggested this is part of a long list of broken promises. I want to make it very clear that we are going to follow through on every part of the action plan that we have outlined. We are doing that. People may quibble about or disagree with aspects of that, but we have committed to the more fundamental issues that survivors have wanted action on for many years and did not get, for example, in terms of unfettered access to information and tracing. Unquestionably, the legislation we have produced has been groundbreaking in that respect. It went through pre-legislative assessment for about six months, which was good, and it has now gone through Second Stage. That is fulfilling a commitment this Government made and it is something that has been sought for over a decade. The previous Oireachtas was not in a position to deliver it.

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