Charlie O'Connor (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the committee that was set up to advise on no fault insurance regarding persons with cerebral palsy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39950/06]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The work of the Advisory Group established to examine the feasibility of introducing a no fault compensation scheme for infants who suffer brain damage at, or close to, the time of their birth came to a halt in 2004. This occurred when hospital consultants withdrew from participation in Ministerial committees in protest at the inclusion of personal injury claims against them in the Clinical Indemnity Scheme in February 2004. In May of this year I asked the chairman of the Advisory Group, Dr. Peter McKenna, to reconvene the group with a view to producing a report. I understand that a draft report is at an advanced state of preparation and I hope to receive it in early 2007.