Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. There was something really stark in the response to the report's publication. Usually, we would be shocked by such failures and grave injustices but on the back of this report's publication, we saw widespread disbelief and disappointment concerning what the report was all about. It took a very long time to conclude the report - eight years - and it has cost millions in taxpayers' money, yet there is a feeling the report has not answered key questions. For us, the Minister and her Department, it is about care and protection. That brings us to the State care system that exists today and what we can take from all this to ensure that the system works as best it can for the children in it.

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