James Heffernan (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his response. It is good that the proposal is still being pursued. The city centre location should be prominent. I urge the Minister of State to consider using other buildings under the control of the Department of Education and Skills, for example, that at Letterfrack. I am sure there are others across the country. A former school in my neck of the woods was sold for big money to Limerick FC. As Mr. Mannix Flynn stated, what happened was like our Holocaust. Let us not underestimate what occurred in the institutions. I visited Germany and saw stark memorials that were very much in keeping with what happened there. Buildings and various methods were used. If there is not to be a city centre memorial, one of the living, breathing buildings in question should be used to commemorate what happened in them. This suggestion should be considered by the Department.