Ned O'Sullivan (Fianna Fail)

I tend not to stray into the moral field because I have enough problems with legislating for my own morality. However, I share the disappointment of Senator O'Donovan and others at the outcome of the report. Like many Catholics in this country, I feel let down. We will not have closure until we conduct a nationwide audit of every diocese in Ireland.

I concur with Senator Ó Murchú on the desire to hold a balanced debate. I accept what Senator Norris has to say about right-wing commentators scurrying away. Equally unseemly, however, are the people who have never been friends of the Catholic church and who are gleefully taking the opportunity to stick their boots into an organisation which has done much more good than most.