Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 423: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his plans to open negotiations with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6818/11]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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As outlined in the programme for Government, I am committed to re-opening discussions with Irish survivors of thalidomide. In February of this year, my Department voluntarily disclosed a large volume of records to solicitors representing both the Irish Thalidomide Association and the Irish Thalidomide Survivors Society. These records relate to the circumstances surrounding thalidomide in the 1950s and 1960s and arrangements made in the 1970s relating to survivors of thalidomide. I expect that both representative bodies are currently examining the documentation provided. I will be happy to meet both representative bodies in the future following their examination of the documentation provided.