{"id":1468,"date":"2021-02-19T17:55:36","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T17:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ministers-comments-about-possible-retrieval-of-survivors-recordings-highlights-the-need-for-extension-of-commission\/"},"modified":"2021-02-19T17:55:36","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T17:55:36","slug":"ministers-comments-about-possible-retrieval-of-survivors-recordings-highlights-the-need-for-extension-of-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/ministers-comments-about-possible-retrieval-of-survivors-recordings-highlights-the-need-for-extension-of-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister\u2019s comments about possible retrieval of survivors\u2019 recordings highlights the need for extension of Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister for Children\u2019s comments today that it may be possible to retrieve recordings of survivors\u2019 testimonies highlights the importance of the Social Democrats\u2019 D\u00e1il motion calling for the extension of the Commission of Investigation, according to Jennifer Whitmore TD.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Whitmore, who is the party\u2019s spokesperson for Children, said:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is bizarre that, nine days away from being dissolved, the Commission is scrambling around for files of survivor data that they believed they had deleted. 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