THE ORDERS AND THE GOVERNMENT
Bruce Arnold Irish Independent 06.06.2009
The process initiated by the Government, in the wake of the Ryan Report, is back-to-front and deeply flawed in its thinking and planning. It is as though Brian Cowen and his Ministers are setting out on this new voyage in a sieve; the water is already coming in and the whole vessel will inevitably sink without bringing anything worthwhile to the victims of abuse, unless emergency action is taken.
The process is back-to-front in that the Taoiseach should have seen the Religious Orders for comprehensive discussions before seeing the representatives of the abused. He should have clarified with the religious their position, including his own demand for a given sum of money, before attempting to elicit the demands of the various ‘survivor groups’, who, once again, are in the ha’penny place as they have been for the past decade.
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