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Fri 05 May 2009Dáil to hold two-day debate over child abuse report
THE DÁIL will hold a special two-day debate to discuss the implications of the “harrowing report” of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse, which detailed physical and sexual violence against more than 1,000 children in 216 institutions.
Tánaiste Mary Coughlantold the House that a special Cabinet meeting will be held next week to discuss the report which runs to almost 3,000 pages and the Dáil debate is expected to take place in the week after the local and European elections.
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