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Cooke report publication

Summary

Mary Lou McDonald asks when the Cooke report will arrive and be published; the Taoiseach says he has no confirmed date and can only report current speculation.

When does the Taoiseach expects to have the Cooke report? Once having received it, when does he propose to publish it?

Now that we have a new Minister for Justice and Equality I hope she and the Government will be more sympathetic and decent in respect of the case of the survivors of the Bethany Home. I have raised this issue many times on the floor of the Dáil. I hope today the Taoiseach will commit on his behalf and on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, to revisit this case and do the decent thing for the survivors.

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Enda Kenny The Taoiseach Fine Gael

I have no contact with Mr. Justice Cooke and I have no idea when he will submit the report.

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Is it not imminent?

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It is imminent according to the Minister, Deputy Quinn.

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Enda Kenny The Taoiseach Fine Gael

I have had no contact with Mr. Justice Cooke and I cannot confirm it. A timeline was set for it but it is entirely a matter for Mr. Justice Cooke.

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So it is not imminent.

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Enda Kenny The Taoiseach Fine Gael

I hear reports that it is imminent-----

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The Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, said it would be next week.

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Enda Kenny The Taoiseach Fine Gael

-----but I have no contact myself with him and therefore I cannot confirm it.

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It was imminent last Thursday.

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