Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On two occasions here today, the Taoiseach has been given the opportunity to give the explanation for the exclusion of children who spent less than six months in a mother and baby home or a county home from the redress scheme, and on two occasions the Taoiseach has failed to set out very clearly why that decision has been made. He said it is not a matter of cost containment. We will take him on his word on that. Will he set out, in clear language, why it is that the Government is proceeding in this way and insisting on the exclusion of these survivors from the redress scheme? It would be really helpful if the Taoiseach did not read a precooked scripted response.

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