Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The biggest gripe or the biggest regret these people have is that although there has been legislation, and it is all very good, a divide has been created. People are being treated differently because of a six-month timeframe. I believe that is wrong, and the people who are affected by this are genuinely upset about it. They cannot understand or get their heads around the fact that they are being treated differently for being in one of these institutions for up to six months from a person who was in for six months and one day. What is the difference? There are no medical, scientific or any other criteria that can be used to define the difference. There is no way to do so. They are all survivors, and they feel they should all be treated the same.

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