Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Seven weeks ago, the Tánaiste stood in this Chamber and confirmed to me he was to receive the report that afternoon. Has the Tánaiste brought the report to the Attorney General? Has the Attorney General brought it back to him? Has the Tánaiste brought the report to his Cabinet colleagues? Will he engage with the stakeholders? Has he reached out to the stakeholders who were involved in that Katie Hannon documentary and stakeholders who came forward, after the Tánaiste established that group? Language is very important. These women spoke up. They banged on every door that was available to them, which culminated in the Katie Hannon documentary. The documentary, as powerful as it was - played on every radio station in the country - was not the first time these women spoke of the issue. It was simply the first time the country was listening to them.

The night before the Dáil went into recess last year for the summer, the Government published the high-level action plan in response to the commission on the future of the Defence Forces. I stand here to ask the Tánaiste, personally and as an elected representative, not to publish this report on the eve of the Dáil going into recess. I ask him to listen and finally vindicate what these women and others have experienced by not publishing the report on the eve of the Dáil going in to recess.

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