Seanad debates
Wednesday, 13 November 2002
Lindsay Tribunal Report: Motion.
I welcome the fact that the Minister is taking on board the many good points made in the report, but there is also an onus on him to finish the job by providing the victims, the survivors, haemophiliacs and their families with what they want most – answers. In fairness to Ms Justice Lindsay, she could only work within, and to, the tribunal's terms of reference, to which Senator Norris alluded. I fully agree with him. Perhaps the terms of reference were not specific enough and should have been more detailed. Ms Justice Lindsay was tough in her own way. The use of moderate language should not be interpreted as weakness. The comparisons made between the reports of the Flood tribunal and the Lindsay tribunal were unfair. The events being investigated were totally different and the language used in each report was appropriate to the nature of each matter.
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