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

When it comes to politics, it is in all of our interests that we do not engage in that sort of personalised criticism of each other where we question people's character and motivations. I do not think that serves anyone's interests, quite frankly, and I do not think it is the way politics should operate. The reason we took the decision we did during the previous Government and this Government was because we listened to people like Catherine Corless and because we engaged with survivors. It was because Katherine Zappone, who was a Minister in that Government, went down to Tuam, looked in the tank and the graves and came back and reported to the Government. She said to us that we needed to be the Government that tried to do something about this. That is what happened. I remember her addressing that Cabinet meeting and almost breaking down in tears as she read out a poem she wrote herself on that day. It was that that convinced the Government to act. I do not think it is right for the Deputy to try to demonise us in the way she is trying to do now. It is not right.

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