Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

A direct request to the Minister for Health would provide the exact circumstances of the current status of the report. That said, the publication of the report requires the agreement of both sides. We would like to see any assessments that are being made about how we can co-operate further, and pending any decisions that will be made to co-operate, we would like to see all of these avenues explored. Where work is done, we would like to see it brought into the public domain as quickly as possible.

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