Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I accept that there are difficulties but it is fair to say what the families want is a full public inquiry. The Minister has said that his officials are working on a mechanism that will provide them with answers. We need to see what that mechanism is going to be as soon as possible. We are already very late into the game. We are dealing with families who had to deal with a great deal of trauma in losing loved ones. There are specific circumstances with regard to Dealgan House and the fact that the HSE determined to take it over. The families require a number of answers but we also need to learn the necessary lessons for elder care in the future. We need to ensure that we do not create conditions such as these in the future because we do not know what conditions we may face. That is what we need as soon as possible.

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