Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

My question is specifically about the expert negotiator the Minister has appointed to mediate between the Government and the religious organisations. Where is that process at? It is almost a year now. I think in about 25 days' time, it will be a year. It is a quarter of a century since the Taoiseach apologised for all of the institutional abuse that occurred in the industrial schools. We have now moved on to the mother and baby homes. All institutions were abusive, as we know. A quarter of a century later, and almost a year after the Minister appointed a negotiator, we are none the wiser as to what the religious orders are going to contribute.

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