Seanad debates
Wednesday, 8 October 2003
Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (Resumed).
The previous Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Woods, spoke about the therapeutic importance for the victims of abuse of being able to tell their story. This is vital. Each individual has the right to tell his or her story and to be heard. The original plan for the commission envisaged the possibility of four committees sitting simultaneously in order that all the victims could tell their stories within a relatively short period of time. Nobody wants a commission that will drag on indefinitely into the future. If the four committees were fully operational, it would reduce the time required significantly.
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