Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It seems from the Taoiseach's earlier comments that the Government is moving towards a proposed resolution to the Magdalen laundries issue. Will the Government address the plight of the far smaller number of women who had symphysiotomies carried out on them, without their knowledge in some instances and certainly without their permission, and the far smaller number of people who suffered major injustice at the hands of the State, namely, thalidomide survivors, who number only 32?

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