Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following matter of urgent public concern, namely, the necessity, given the publication of the Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital report, for the Minister for Health and Children to move immediately to order an inquiry into the atrocious practice of symphysiotomy; why such a barbaric procedure was allowed to be carried out in this State until the early 1980s; and if she will undertake to meet the victims of this inhumane procedure, which is urgently required.

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