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THE CERVICALCHECK TRIBUNAL “should be given a chance”, Taoiseach Micheál Martin told the Dáil today.
His comments come after reports that the tribunal has yet to receive a single claim, more than two months after it started its work.
An outreach programme to inform the public of its existence and how to bring a case to the tribunal is to be launched.
When asked about the matter during Leaders’ Questions, Martin said the tribunal is a better option than going to the High Court, and that it should be given a chance.
“I am genuinely asking as someone who has been involved in this issue for some years: have we learned anything? Are we doing everything we possibly can for these families which the State let down?” Labour’s Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach today.
Kelly said nobody has applied to the tribunal “because it is not fit for purpose”, in terms of queries coming through about transfer of cases and so on.
He said the women with cervical cancer “will not end up at the tribunal, they will all – or at the very least the majority – will end up in the High Court”.
“The issues of liability and negligence are two very important but distinct issues. Negligence has to be proven in all situations, be it in a tribunal or a High Court setting. The laboratories in all of these cases have been prove to be negligent and the State has indemnified them. There has to be the establishment of negligence.
“I believe the tribunal offers a better forum than the High Court. It gives a great opportunity for mediation and in my view would be more expeditious and effective. It is a forum that should be given a chance given all of the work that has been put into it,” said the Taoiseach.
Martin said the tribunal is receiving queries, however, Kelly maintained there are zero cases before the tribunal.
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Can’t believe this is only being implemented in the US when it’s been well documented in Europe. Another one that’s just been realised in the past 2-3 years is giving them a soother. This again drives the percentage down lower still as they reckon using a soother helps the baby regulate their breathing.
I know someone who lost a baby to SIDS but still insists it’s fine for babies to sleep on their front because she was always placed on her front and her mother’s a nurse. Apparently studies have shown it’s fine, but I think you’ll find a study to support anything.
Sounds like a coping mechanism. Poor woman.
Any articles not from AFP? Any non-American viewpoints on these sites?
AFP is Agence France Presse. Cheese eating surrender monkeys instead of hot dog eating blubber monkeys.
When was placing a baby front way down ever a good idea.
They do in the hospital especially if baby has a lot of mucous, obviously this is completely supervised
General concern was that if you left a baby on its back it could choke on its own vomit so there was some thought behind it… Parents predating 1992 weren’t idiots..
I don’t know why you would put a baby in a room on it’s own?
“Other strategies include offering a child a pacifier at nap time and night as well as ensuring they have all the recommended vaccinations” – this is a hard hitting report that doesn’t half speak the obvious.
My babies always slept better once they moved into their own room. I think I was keeping them awake and vice versa. But for my own peace of mind I purchased an Angel Mat which beeps to let you know if baby stops breathing.
We bought the ‘Angel Care’ monitor with the mattress sensor and it went off twice for our first born and once for our second born. One of the times it went off for our first born we jumped out of bed and I turned on the light – the baby didn’t move. My wife stirred/shook the child and we heard him take a massive intake of breath. I am glad we spent the 100 euros on the Angel Care monitor. It is more expensive than other monitors, but it does go off it your baby stops moving/breathing.
So how are you supposed to keep a baby warm if you live in a house that gets really cold overnight and you can’t use a blanket? Just curious
Sleep suit, gro bag or similar..
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