Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

I congratulate the Ceann Comhairle on his appointment.

A report on cystic fibrosis was published yesterday by the HSE which confirms the scandalous failure of the Government and the HSE to provide the essential facilities necessary for those who suffer from CF. Will that report be debated in the House? Will the Taoiseach confirm or clarify whether it is correct that the report was commissioned in 2005, concluded in 2006 and suppressed by the HSE until yesterday? On what basis can the cover up of a report of this nature, prepared with public money, which exposes the gross neglect of services be justified? Does the Taoiseach agree his Government and the Minister for Health and Children are responsible for a series of promises made to provide proper services in this area? They have not been fulfilled, have directly resulted in the premature death of patients suffering from cystic fibrosis and have placed other patients at very serious risk.

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