Thalidomide survivors must have access to documents - O Brolcháin
Issued: 27 July 2010
Statement by Niall Ó Brolcháin
O Brolcháin supports calls by Irish Thalidomide Association
Green Party Health and Children spokesperson, Senator Niall O Brolcháin has called for the release of all State documents relating to the birth defect drug Thalidomide.
Supporting calls by the Irish Thalidomide Association to release all associated documents from the 1960s onwards, Senator O Brolcháin said: “Full information must be given to the Irish Thalidomide Association. This includes all state documents relating to the catastrophe from the 1960s onwards.
“The Green Party is fully behind transparency of information and the survivors of thalidomide have a right to this information. I have asked Minister Mary Harney to support their request.”
Senator O Brolcháin said: “I welcome the fact that last week the Minister publically stated that she would like all documentation released to the victims of thalidomide. However, I am calling on the Minister to take every possible step to ensure that this now occurs.”