Sandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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Question 82: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has brought a report, Responding to Child Sexual Abuse, by the Garda inspectorate to the Cabinet; the date on which he will lay the report and addendum before the Houses of the Oireachtas; the date on which he will publish a response to the recommendations contained in the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6546/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I can inform the Deputy that the Government has taken note of the Garda Inspectorate report, Responding to Child Sexual Abuse, and that the report and a document responding to the report's recommendations were laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas on 1 February 2012. The report and the response document were also published on my Department's website, www.justice.ie, on that date. I am grateful to the inspectorate for its analysis and recommendations which are focused on improving the investigation of child sexual abuse and better protecting children. The Government and I are determined to ensure an effective collaborative response to child sexual abuse is in place and the substantial progress being made in this regard is set out in the response document.