Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Last month was the 20th anniversary of a meeting that the Taoiseach and I attended with Margaret Best and officials from the Department of Health about the State's introduction of a no-fault vaccine compensation scheme. Over the past two decades, while governments have been committed to the introduction of such a scheme in the interests of public health and the individuals concerned, we have always remained one report away from action. Now we have all of those reports on the desk of the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly. When can we expect the commitment, which has been promised for a long time, to be implemented?

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