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

I pay tribute to those who have come forward, including Mark and David Ryan and others. The sexual crime management unit of the Garda National Protective Services Bureau has received a number of new complaints this week. Obviously, the Garda will be fully supported in carrying out its work in pursuing every lead possible.

I agree with what the Deputy said about the need to give support to survivors and victims who are coming forward to let them know that they are not alone and that the State will be there to support them in the context of getting the true picture of what happened in this context. We need to continue to lift the veil of silence over this particular matter and try to give some degree of closure, if possible, but also a sense of justice to those who have been abused and those who have been traumatised by what happened in the college and to end the sense of isolation the Deputy spoke about.

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