2. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the significant level of discontent, and, in some cases, outright dejection being felt and expressed by victims of the barbaric practice of symphysiotomy, at the unsympathetic and adversarial conduct of the Government-initiated payment scheme established for the ever-decreasing number of aged survivors; if he will undertake to address the serious shortcomings in its out-working, including the disbelieving disposition of its principal, and the confrontational and interrogational operation of the process; the qualifications of the various medical experts employed by the scheme; if he is satisfied that they are sufficiently qualified to make judgments on the particular cases presenting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27899/15]

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2. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the significant level of discontent, and, in some cases, outright dejection being felt and expressed by victims of the barbaric practice of symphysiotomy, at the unsympathetic and adversarial conduct of the Government-initiated payment scheme established for the ever-decreasing number of aged survivors; if he will undertake to address the serious shortcomings in its out-working, including the disbelieving disposition of its principal, and the confrontational and interrogational operation of the process; the qualifications of the various medical experts employed by the scheme; if he is satisfied that they are sufficiently qualified to make judgments on the particular cases presenting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27899/15]

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1. 9 July 2015

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   2. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the significant level of discontent, and, in some cases, outright dejection being felt and expressed by victims of the barbaric practice of symphysiotomy, at the unsympathetic and adversarial conduct of the Government-initiated payment scheme established for the ever-decreasing number of aged survivors; if he will undertake to address the serious shortcomings in its out-working, including the disbelieving disposition of its principal, and the confrontational and interrogational operation of the process; the qualifications of the various medical experts employed by the scheme; if he is satisfied that they are sufficiently qualified to make judgments on the particular cases presenting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27899/15]

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