Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 22: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will publish, in full, the report of the Monageer inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20656/09]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 36: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when the recommendations of the Monageer inquiry will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20454/09]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason certain recommendations in the report of the inquiry into the deaths of a family in Monageer, County Wexford have been blacked out; if she will publish the recommendations in full in order that lessons can be learned from them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20453/09]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will specify the reason she took the decision not to publish the Monageer report in full as presented to her by the inquiry team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20858/09]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the basis of the legal advice received from the Attorney General which influenced her decision not to publish the Monageer report in full as presented to her by the inquiry team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20859/09]

Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 22, 36, 62, 119 and 120 together.

The redacted Report of the Monageer Inquiry, which I published on 12 May, 2009, is that which could be published based on legal advice sought by my Department following receipt of the report, in line with my commitment to address the matter of publication as soon as possible. On the basis of the legal advice I have already referred to I cannot comment on those aspects of the report that have been redacted or the reasons for the redactions. All the redactions in this report have been done solely on legal advice.

I am considering the option of appraising the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children of the substance of the redacted recommendations in a manner and context which ensures the rights of those involved are protected and no reputational damage is suffered. That process is ongoing and I am seeking legal advice in that regard. I want to take this opportunity to re-state my assertion that there is much learning to be gained from the report despite the legal necessity to redact certain aspects.

The CEO of the HSE and the Garda Commissioner have received the full report in their capacities as heads of the statutory bodies with responsibilities in relation to matters which were the subject of the inquiry. It is intended that this will enable all the recommendations, including those redacted, to be addressed insofar as they apply to their respective organisations.