Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)

The Minister of State with responsibility for children, Deputy Barry Andrews, indicated to the House on Question Time recently that he would find a mechanism to provide the information referred to by Deputy Shatter, probably to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children. If we are to learn from the report, we need to know what was contained in the recommendations. It is extraordinary that a report was published with some seven of the recommendations blacked out with the result that nobody could learn from them. It is vital that a mechanism is found to have them put into the public arena. The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children is the appropriate mechanism for that. I urge the Taoiseach to ensure that happens as quickly as possible.

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