Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail)

I do not want to say much, as Senator Quinn has said, as the debate on the child abuse report will take place this afternoon. We should bear in mind that the children involved have made it very clear that they do not welcome the fact that the focus has been placed on them and that it is adding to the trauma they have suffered. However, we need to be mindful of a few aspects. It has been stated by those who have studied the report closely and are familiar with the case that the holding of a referendum would not in any way have assisted in the prevention of the abuse. There was, undoubtedly, terrible abuse of the children involved, but it also involved a dereliction of duty by individuals within the public service.