200. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health whether it is felt that those who attended the Drogheda review have been treated appallingly by him and his Department - they attended a review which many found traumatic and exploitative, their support service through Dignity4Patients was stopped abruptly for six months following the review, a time when these persons were acutely in need of support; it was then stopped entirely by him and only following loss of lives was a degrading level of funding provided solely for office rental and overheads, with no funding for staff employment and service provision; this lack of meaningful funding has had a significant detrimental effect on the well-being of these survivors of sexual violence and on those who work to assist them in their recovery; if he will commit to providing a respectful and appropriate level of funding to Dignity4Patients to support it in providing its very effective, worthwhile and essential services to survivors of sexual violence in the Irish health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4446/14]

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200. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health whether it is felt that those who attended the Drogheda review have been treated appallingly by him and his Department - they attended a review which many found traumatic and exploitative, their support service through Dignity4Patients was stopped abruptly for six months following the review, a time when these persons were acutely in need of support; it was then stopped entirely by him and only following loss of lives was a degrading level of funding provided solely for office rental and overheads, with no funding for staff employment and service provision; this lack of meaningful funding has had a significant detrimental effect on the well-being of these survivors of sexual violence and on those who work to assist them in their recovery; if he will commit to providing a respectful and appropriate level of funding to Dignity4Patients to support it in providing its very effective, worthwhile and essential services to survivors of sexual violence in the Irish health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4446/14]

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