Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I sincerely thank the Senator and reassure everyone in the House, particularly the Senator, that not a day goes by that our team in Britain does not reach out to prevent people being forgotten and make sure their pain is in some way addressed. This cold State provided no home for them and forced them to get on the ferry or mailboat and leave, wrapped in awful emotional distress. The Ireland of today, the modern Republic the Senator and I love, is not the same place. We will continue with every instinct and at every opportunity to in some way address the great miscarriage of justice and sheer evil carried out in our institutions over such a long period of time.

The survivor community in Britain is perhaps the most vulnerable at this stage. Their age profile is growing older and their health is not great. They have been hidden, have tried to forget their past and have not told their new families or communities about it. It is our responsibility to reach out to them sensitively, appropriately and efficiently and to make sure the care we failed to provide for them previously is not lacking in these important years. I commit to the Senator that every day I am in this brief, I will make sure that is done.