Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

I understand that Ms O'Keeffe is distressed about it. Tomorrow, the State Claims Agency will meet the representatives from my Department and on Friday will meet Ms O'Keeffe's legal advisers and should be able to put forward a proposal then. I will suggest that the agency revert to my Department before implementing a decision in order to get our view on what the decision should be. I will ask my legal advisers to deal with the matter speedily and sympathetically. These are issues that happened long ago and while the State is not liable for what happened to Ms O'Keeffe, I do not want her to be under any further distress.

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