Former Education Ministers 'not made aware' of abuse

Former Education Ministers 'not made aware' of abuse: "Mary O'Rourke, education minister between 1987 and 1991, said: 'If anything of that nature ever came in front of me I would have acted immediately and promptly. As far as I knew the ban on corporal punishment was very faithfully observed. That was quite clear and to my mind it was always followed through.'"