Nicky McFadden (Fine Gael)

It is. We stood idly by and we let it happen. We knew about Letterfrack, Daingean and these other places. Even I heard the threat as a child that I would be sent to the reformatory if I did not behave myself. The idea that this has all come out now is shameful.

This is still going on. We are still turning a blind eye on children being abused. Only in the last few months, we have heard about that dreadful situation in Roscommon. We have no social workers at weekends. We have closed two wards in the children's hospital in Crumlin. We need to focus on collective responsibility in tomorrow's debate.