Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of times the group considering the no fault compensation scheme has met; when the group will be presenting its findings; and when those findings will be published. [13369/06]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The advisory group on no fault compensation for brain damaged infants was established in 2001. It met on 19 occasions between 2001 and 2004. It ceased to meet in early 2004 as a result of hospital consultants' withdrawal from ministerial committees and working groups in protest at the inclusion of claims against them in the clinical indemnity scheme. In the interim, advice received from the Attorney General raised some questions about the constitutional implications of no fault schemes in general. I am considering the implications of re-establishing the group. In the event that it is re-established, I am certain that the excellent work already undertaken by the group can be built upon.