Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

Last autumn, the country was scandalised by the problems experienced by a group of women and the sad case of these women walking into a clinic on a Saturday morning to find out if they had cancer. Now that the issue has disappeared from the headlines, it has been forgotten about. The report which was supposed to be produced by the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, has not materialised. It was promised for November but was not delivered. It was then promised for the end of February and it is clear it will not be delivered by then either. When I ask the Tánaiste about the report the only response he can give is to read a prepared statement.

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