Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 17: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the expected completion date of the inquiry to be chaired by Judge Maureen Harding-Clarke into the activities of a person (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the call made by a number of victims for the establishment of a redress board; if she intends to act on this suggestion; if she has held the promised meeting on this matter from Patient Focus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9400/05]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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On 9 March last I met representatives of Patient Focus, an advocacy group which represents, inter alia, former patients of Dr. Michael Neary. The group has requested the establishment of a redress board to process complaints relating to the provision of services at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital to a number of its members.

I advised the group that I was sympathetic in principle to the proposal but that I would await the report of the Lourdes Hospital inquiry before consulting with Government in the matter. I also advised the group that I intend to meet it again at an early date following completion of the inquiry. I recently met the chairperson of the inquiry. The work of the inquiry is continuing and I look forward to early receipt of its report.