Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)

I thank the Minister of State for his positive response. He will appreciate, however, that the delay cannot be justified. It took 21 months to get the draft report and now, two years on, the final report has not yet appeared. In the meantime the family is suffering tremendous anguish, pain, sorrow and a sense of loss. I have done my best to communicate to the Government the urgency attached to bringing closure to the matter. I am delighted that the Minister of State has told me that publication of the final report is imminent. While we will not hold him to it, perhaps he might like to venture an approximate timescale within which the family can expect to receive the report.

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