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	Did This Letter Sink the Labour Party Motion in Dail Eireann? The God Squad July 11, 2009 http://www.paddydoyle.com/did-this-letter-sink-the-labour-party-motion-in-dail-eireann/ To: Eamon Gilmore - Leader of the Labour Party Re: The Institutional Child Abuse Bill 2009 On: Wednesday 8th July 2009 - at 14.30h On behalf of the membership of Irish SOCA, I have been asked to make representation to you on the Bill currently before the Dail which was debated yesterday evening 7th July 2009. The feeling amongst our members is that the Bill as currently conceived has no hope of success without cross-party consensus which developed following the Ryan Report and that support of Government is absolutely vital for its safe passage through both Houses of the Oireachtas. There are many laudable aspects to the Bill as presented, but the Government is engaged in various initiatives at present including an audit by a panel of experts of the assets of the 18 CORI religious orders that are signatory to the April 2002 Indemnity Agreement. A report from the audit Committee is expected by government in September this year. In recent weeks our members have been heartened by the cross-party agreement that has emerged in the Dail. We wonder therefore whether it would be advantageous for all concerned to defer this Bill until the outcome of the audit is known and government is better placed to make judgement on the way forward - we feel that nothing can be lost by a short delay. The Labour Party has Irish SOCA permission to inform the Dail or other parties of interest that Irish SOCA has requested The Labour Party to defer this Bill until the outcome of the audit is known and government is better placed to make judgement on the way forward. We would appreciate an early response from the Labour Party to our request if possible by early this afternoon. Yours sincerely, John Kelly For IRISH-SOCA Contact: Irishsoca@eircom.net
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