Seanad debates
Wednesday, 23 October 2002
Order of Business.
Begging your indulgence, a Chathaoirligh, I would like to make some general remarks on behalf of all Members of the House, on the child abuse issue. I hope that young people were not watching the "Prime Time" programme last Thursday because it was so raw. At the same time, however, it was very powerful and I notice that Senators have not commended RTÉ on the programme. It was a fine, professional and potent documentary which has touched everybody. One thinks of the young people whose youth and innocence were stolen, never to be regained. They will always be affected, as will their partnerships and their own children, in turn, by the degradation and deviance that was wreaked upon them. We all share in that awful feeling.
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