Jim Glennon (Dublin North, Fianna Fail)

I will conclude by stating that of the victims of Michael Neary, two lost full-term healthy babies due to negligence at birth. A small number of other women underwent unnecessary and profoundly damaging gynaecological procedures in the unit. The exact number will not be known until all medical reports are available, but the number will not exceed 20. In total, approximately 200 women suffered damage, a word I use deliberately, at the unit. These women ask for and deserve nothing less than closure and acknowledgement. Justice can never be given to them to compensate for what they have lost, but I urge the Minister of State, Deputy Tim O'Malley, to convey to the Minister my view that this issue should be dealt with and a redress scheme put in place at the earliest opportunity so that these unfortunate victims, for such they are, receive closure and acknowledgement in the same fair and even-handed manner in which they have approached their difficulties.

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