I also want to extend my condolences to Senator Craughwell on the passing of his wife. My condolences also to the family of Enda Bonner.

I want to talk about the issue of Bessborough, Cork. There have been significant developments in recent months in relation to this. We had a rally in July in Cork city with over 1,000 people attending from across the country. The evening before the rally, the Taoiseach said that he was going to intervene, which he did. Cork City Council is now engaging with the developer as a mediator has been appointed. That is where we are at but this issue is not going away.

I know that I will stand with campaigners all the way to ensure that this site is fully protected. We have to listen to survivors in terms of what the future of that site will become, whether it is a memorial or an educational institution. Survivors have to be at the heart of this. Just last week, Cork City Council, through Labour Party councillors led by Councillor Peter Horgan, unanimously passed a motion calling on the Government to unseal all the burial records and technical reports in relation to this site, and also for the Government to work with the Attorney General to open an inquest into the deaths that occurred at Bessborough. We know that Bessborough is just one of many institutions across the country. On “The Late Late Show” last Friday night, we saw Catherine Corless describe it as a mirror to what happened in Tuam. Siobhán McSweeney, the actor from Cork, said rightly that private developers cannot get in the way of our collective healing as a country. We need more answers from the Government on this. We need to ensure there is justice for all survivors, and that survivors are at the heart of any decisions in relation to Bessborough and other sites across the country.