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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I wish to speak on the same issue that my colleague has raised. I have written to the Minister for Health previously regarding the provision of Spinraza for children suffering from spinal muscular atrophy, more commonly known as SMA. I raised the matter previously in the Dáil along with other party members. It has been acknowledged by the HSE that the drug works well and that it is...

Apprenticeships: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Ireland has long been known as the island of saints and scholars but we are also a very skilled nation when it comes to working with our hands. Tens of thousands of tradesmen and tradeswomen in this country entered their chosen industry at a young age and learned it from the ground up, as apprentices. It is fair to say that our economy and citizens continue to benefit from the skills of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Post Office Closures (8 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 26. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to ensure the viability and sustainability of towns and villages in rural areas which have lost or are losing their local post office. [46040/18]

Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I apologise in advance because I might ask questions that have been asked. I had other commitments before lunch and could repeat what has been said already. I have a few questions for Mr. Breen about the numbers affected by thalidomide, about which there is a lot of disquiet. Are people being excluded who should be included in claims? They include people affected in the 1960s. Are...

Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Does Mr. Breen know the number?

Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Does Mr. Breen think there are many more? Is it two or three times that number? As public representatives, we are hearing that there are more who have expressed disquiet at not being included? Is Mr. Breen saying they have not come forward or that they have been excluded by the State?

Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Proceedings have not been initiated.

Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Are they included in the figure?

Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Why have the people not included not come forward? We are not talking about something that happened yesterday. We are talking about something that happened in 1975.

Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Could this go on for another ten, 15 or 20 years?

Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: How was that payment reached? How was the figure decided on? Is it what is being offered to each claimant when he or she comes before the State Claims Agency?

Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Why is there such disquiet on the part of so many? Is the strong arm of the State being used to exclude people? Why are people so annoyed that they are not being recognised? What are the reasons for not recognising them?

Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Where are their claims?

Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Did any of the group of nine people go to Sweden to be assessed?

Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I do not have the names either. I am referring to the nine people referenced by Deputy MacSharry.

Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Is all of the cost being borne by the State?

Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I am referring to anyone who is suffering. Is the company that provided thalidomide liable for some of the costs? I refer to the German company named here.

Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Is that a lifetime pension?

Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: It is good to hear that anyway.

Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I would like to continue. On the outsourcing and all of the controversy about it, have we got value for money? I refer to what has happened and the outcry over it. We outsourced laboratory testing to America. I wonder what would have happened if the service had been available in Ireland or across the water in in England instead of us having to go to America. Have we done comparisons?...