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Accountability for institutional abuse

Summary

Senator Mark Daly calls for corporate manslaughter legislation and accountability for authorities whose inaction enabled abuse and loss of life.

The Law Reform Commission has proposed a corporate manslaughter Bill. We have seen that those in positions of authority who should have acted did not act and as a consequence people suffered abuse that should not have happened. In some cases lives were lost as a result, as we saw in the case of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service. Those in positions of authority who should act but do not must be held to account. Today Cardinal Brady, a man who has apologised, will appear before the inquiry. Many lives were destroyed because of his inaction.

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