Stardust Fire
Dail Éireann — 2026-01-27
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Jim O'Callaghan (FF), Dublin Bay South

I agree with the Deputy. I think the inquest was beneficial and therapeutic for the survivors. I think they were satisfied with the process that the State belatedly put in place by way of the inquest, which was important. There is no attempt on the part of the Government to move away from the decision that was previously made. Phase 2 will occur; I just want to get the proposals right. I want to discuss it with others. All I can say to the Deputy is that it is something that will happen in the near future. I repeat that I do not want, and I know the Deputy does not want, for people who were injured in the Stardust to be put through some form of new litigious process that requires an adversarial or inquisitorial process. I want a much simpler scheme that is a recognition payment, not a compensation payment for their injuries. It is a recognition payment because of the delay in the State facing up to its duties in terms of determining the outcome of what occurred.

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Sitting date: 2026-01-27