Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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Question 465: To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the delay in the publication of the report commissioned by him into the practice of symphysiotomy; and if he will confirm a date for the publication of said report [28278/11]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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My Department has been in discussion with the independent academic researcher appointed to carry out the research in relation to its completion. The researcher has advised my Department that due to unforeseen difficulties in accessing information sources over the summer she expects to complete the report by the end of this month rather than as originally planned.

As soon as the draft report is received my Department will further engage with patient representative groups and the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. It is my intention that the report be published, subject of course to the usual legal and related considerations, which are as of now not expected to create any significant barriers to publication.