Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I understand there are eight recommendations in the report which has been received by the Minister, two of which are being implemented immediately. As a number of different stakeholders are involved in this issue, there is a need for the expert report to be analysed and to bring the stakeholders together before I can answer the question precisely. The Deputy will appreciate that we need to see precisely what the technical solutions are and to look at who the stakeholders are, where the responsibility lies and so forth. As I have said already, the Minister is determined to deal with the issue. The Government recognises how very difficult this is for the families involved and the need for an urgent solution, which the Deputy has raised. It was the right route to take to get the expert report and to look at the solutions. The Minister and Ministers of State will act on it immediately.

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