Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is not fair to characterise the decision of Government in respect of this matter as arbitrary. We had a commission of investigation. It made its findings and recommended a set of actions and a redress scheme. We decided to go well beyond what was recommended by the independent commission, which was chaired by an independent judge. The commission looked at the matter for many years before coming to its findings and we went further than it recommended-----

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