Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I apologise in advance because I might ask questions that have been asked. I had other commitments before lunch and could repeat what has been said already.

I have a few questions for Mr. Breen about the numbers affected by thalidomide, about which there is a lot of disquiet. Are people being excluded who should be included in claims? They include people affected in the 1960s. Are some of them not on the list given to me by Mr. Breen? There are 23 cases involving personal injuries in which litigation was initiated. In six cases a payment of €62,500 was accepted. There are 17 others in this cohort of litigants. On unacknowledged thalidomide survivors, the number of cases involving personal injuries in which litigation was initiated comes to ten. Are there some people who are not included in these figures?