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Dail Éireann — 2023-09-20
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Peadar Tóibín (AON), Meath West

I understand that this question is new and I am sure it is not part of the Minister of State's background brief. It is part of the background brief of the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. In my view it has been linked with the situation where Judge Dermot Simms, who has since retired, wrote a letter to the Minister with four reports that give information on specific cases. I put a parliamentary question in to the Minister on what happened to those reports. The Minister told me that he deleted three of those reports. He deleted three of those reports, which is an incredible situation. These reports outline in an anonymous fashion really difficult situations that children are in and which the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has deleted. I ask the Minister of State if there is any chance the Minister would go back to Mr. Simms to get those documents and find out how we can help those children who are in trouble.

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Sitting date: 2023-09-20