Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in publishing the report of the Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital inquiry; when it will be published; when the redress board will be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27005/05]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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My Department is advised by the Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital inquiry that its report is at an advanced stage and is completing a necessary legal process before it will be furnished to me.

Last March I met with representatives of Patient Focus, a group representing a number of patients who attended the maternity unit at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda. I advised the group that I would await the report of the inquiry before consulting with the Government on the request for the establishment of a redress board. I intend to meet with the group again following receipt of the report of the inquiry.