Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)

In his initial reply to Question No. 5, the Minister of State noted that he may apprise the Joint Committee on Health and Children of the content of the redacted recommendations of the Monageer report. I put it to him that he will build greater public confidence in the Government's good intentions if he finds a way to publish the recommendations rather than apprise the committee of them. Does he agree that the writers of this report must have intended that the recommendations be studied because they would not have made them otherwise? There is little point in making recommendations if it is not intended for them to be implemented. Is there a way for the Minister of State to publish the recommendations in full, if need be after removing personal references, rather than apprising us of the seven blanked out recommendations?

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