Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2025-06-11
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Mark Daly (CC), Administrative Panel

She died at 54 after giving such service to the State in exposing the wrongdoing. We say the State, but it is that of everyone from the church to the politicians who accepted the status quo . She exposed those who led the institutional abuse, systemised it and made it part of the institutions of the State. I thank Ms Raftery for that work. Like Senator Boyhan, I hope that the amendments to make the legislation more inclusive and able to deal with all of those affected by this issue will be included on Committee Stage. As Catherine Coffey O'Brien has said, Ireland needs to heal and we need to heal the victims. I thank Senator Boyhan especially for his work and advocacy on this. He has lived the experience. We are lucky to have someone like him in the Seanad to speak for all those who were in those institutions.

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Sitting date: 2025-06-11