Micheál Martin (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail)

The biggest major research into sexual abuse in this country was done nearly two decades ago and was quite revealing. It was not revealing in terms of race or anything like that. It was revealing in terms of the prevalence of abuse across the country. One can argue that was earlier, but it still continues.

One can look at all of the inquiries we have had. We had one into institutional abuse in industrial schools and we have just announced today a commission of inquiry into sexual abuse in all primary and second level schools. By definition, given the historical timeframe for that inquiry, it is not a race focused thing.

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