Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

Does the Government intend to introduce legislation governing the licensing of cosmetic surgery? A number of serious cases of procedures that went wrong have been highlighted recently. Apparently there is no licensing system in place at present, which is a cause of obvious concern to the people involved.

The Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht affairs has had a report on his desk since last September, which was the result of a study commissioned on the status of the Gaeltacht areas. It is a secret document that has never been released. Apparently, its findings are serious and it is about time it was published and a debate conducted in this House. The Minister has been speaking recently about how the west and the mid-west should move forwards rather than backwards. Perhaps the Taoiseach would call the Minister into his office and tell him to publish the report so we can see its contents and discuss its findings.

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