Following the publication last June of a report by Professor Una Walsh on the barbaric practice of symphysiotomy in this State, many of the victims were very annoyed that there had been no consultation process. An undertaking was given to publish a second report, following consultation, but a year has passed with no sign of it. Will the Taoiseach indicate when it will be published? All of the survivors are elderly and do not have a great deal of time. They want the truth and an acknowledgement of the suffering they endured. They certainly deserve compensation.

I do not have a date for the publication of that report. I have spoken to the Minister of Health about the issue and I understand he expects to bring a memorandum to Government in the not too distant future. I will get back to the Deputy when I have clarified the matter.