Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2022-06-02
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Rose Conway-Walsh (SF), Mayo

I wish to ask about the situation on valproate. I understand it is intended to bring a memorandum to Government within the next few weeks to seek an approval into the non-statutory inquiry that is required there. It is important that the terms of reference are agreed by the families who have fought for decades to get the truth of who knew what, when they knew it and why nobody did anything about it. Without that line being in the terms of reference that enables the chair to recommend remedial action be taken, the inquiry will be of no use to anybody. This is critically important. Will the Minister meet representatives of Organisation Anticonvulsant Syndromes Ireland, OACS Ireland, and the families to agree the terms of reference before this goes to Government?

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Sitting date: 2022-06-02