Seanad debates
Tuesday, 7 October 2003
Order of Business: Motion. - Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements.
The Minister said the Government was prepared to allocate €1 billion to this area, yet it was not prepared to allocate to Ms Justice Laffoy the few million euro she requested to enable the commission undertake its remit. That makes no sense. Even in terms of the political process, I cannot understand how the Government can, on the one hand, say it is prepared to spend €1 billion on this issue, while, on the other, Ms Justice Laffoy indicated that the couple of million euro she sought to enable the commission recruit additional staff to do its work was not available. This is what has caused confusion among members of the public. A person made a decision that is not in line with Government policy or the Government is not telling us what is its policy. I want honest answers on this aspect.
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