Seanad debates

Wednesday, 22 October 2014

10:30 am

Photo of Darragh O'BrienDarragh O'Brien (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I apologise but this is important. I am calling on Sinn Féin - because I am sure it has not done it - to clarify whether the Garda Síochána and the PSNI are aware of the names of all the people that the IRA interrogated and sent away from their communities, including paedophiles and sex offenders. There could be people living in communities in Dublin, Cork, Monaghan, Belfast and Armagh who are sex offenders or abused children but were dealt with outside of the judicial systems of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, and are not on any registered sex offenders list. That is a crucial point which we need to deal with. I ask that the point be raised with the Ministers for Justice and Equality and Children and Youth Affairs, so that the Government would look for Sinn Féin to furnish the list of people with which it dealt, as well as the people with whom it did not deal. We are aware of these people through the brave statements made earlier this week.

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