Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Will the Leader arrange a debate?

It is ironic that today we will issue an apology to those who deserted the Irish Army to join the British Army. Their treatment was cruel and unusual and we are giving them an apology. Is it not ironic that we are giving an apology to people who deserted the Irish Army yet women who did nothing wrong but who were treated so cruelly by the Irish State are not afforded an apology by the Taoiseach? I find that ironic and appalling. Will the Leader organise a debate as soon as possible on the lack of an apology to those who were sent to the Magdalen laundries? The State failed these women and, at the very least, they deserve an apology.