Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In April, the Government facilitated the passage through Second Stage of the Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2013. As the Tánaiste will be aware, my colleague, Deputy Ó Caoláin, designed this Bill to facilitate access to the courts to all victims of symphysiotomy. These elderly women are waiting for this. The Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, of which I am a member, was to have had the Minister before it to take this forward but he was out of the country. It has been weeks and we still have no more information. At this stage, I appeal that this be brought before the Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality for Committee Stage as soon as possible.

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