No. I’m afraid that you will never get what you think you deserve. But any pay-off is an admission of guilt. Any settlement is an acknowledgement that the church and the government were wrong. If this isn’t enough for you, then I’m afraid you need some therapy.

For while you had absolutely no part in the original incident(s) you do have a part in carrying the resentment long after the crime was committed. Why don’t you look at your part in this resentment while you’re trying to demonize everyone else. Acknowledge your own hurt. Acknowledge your own victimhood. Then grow up, become a man, and move forward. Your very life depends on your ability to forgive others who have wronged you.

Surely the Department of Education has records of who worked there at any point in time. There would have been appointed civil servants who dealt with certain channels of communication, i.e. from victims, lay-people and clergy in the institutions who were attempting to blow the whistle.

The clear line of communication and responsibility must be readily available, or are they running our Department of Education like some sort of cooperative? Find the responsible chain of command responsible and expose who covered up and who made the decisions to ignore or move the problem.

Have a tribunal, bring in the clergy and their very clearcut chain of command and responsibility. Hang them all out to dry.

I have reached the stage where I am no longer surprised at anything that shower will come up with. Why not blame the abuse on the British legacy? It is an insane theory but frankly it is no better nor worse than most of the other shite they come up with.

In this, he tried to blame all the abuse on the British legacy
(I kid you not). I couldn’t believe what the man was saying (but on another level, it’s all too believable)

Absolutely staggering in its condescension and wrong-headedness

I’m more inclined to believe Bertie knew exactly what he was doing but was more interested in the votes he could win than fairness for either the tax payers or the victims. But would you expect anything else from that crook?

You can be sure el-Berto was counting on the elderly constituents in Dublin Central who would think “Ahh sure Bertie/Fianna Fail looked after the church that time – I’ll give them my vote”.

Not in the least.

I am however surprised that others find it hard to believe the reaction from the government etc. What else have we come to expect?

Brian – That is a difficult one, and that is why I suggested the use of party funds rather than using the national coffers. After all, the national funds belong to the Survivors too, so they are going to end up paying for their own compensation?