Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2021-06-03
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

As I said earlier, and I know the Deputy would agree with this, there is a difference between evidence and testimony on the one hand, which may well be true, and proof of fact which is something different. Obviously, any commission of inquiry or investigation would have to have a burden of proof that is above the level of testimony or evidence. It would have to be challenged. It would have to be backed up. However, I am stating the obvious in that regard. We all appreciate that.
I can only repeat what I said earlier. It is now beyond time that the members of the commission come forward, accept the invitation to appear before an Oireachtas committee, explain their report and answer the questions the Deputy is legitimately asking here in the House - they are the ones who can best answer how they came to the findings they did and the processes they followed - and meet with the survivors. All of that is now long overdue.

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Sitting date: 2021-06-03