Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The matter of the payments to the survivors of the Magdalene laundries was considered by the Government this week and there is progress on the arrangements for the payments to be made. I expect this will be progressed in the near future. On the issue of the victims of symphysiotomy and thalidomide those are matters which are still being considered by the Minister for Health and he will bring his proposals to the Government when he is in a position to do so.

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