Nine months delay on Neary report

THE long-awaited report into why Dr Michael Neary unnecessarily removed the wombs of approximately 60 women without their consent or knowledge has still not been presented to Health Minister Mary Harney nine months after the supposed deadline.

Legal experts are examining the document before it is handed over to the Tánaiste who will then present it to the Cabinet. The report was to have been published last March but will now not be published until the New Year.

A spokesperson for the inquiry said yesterday: “The inquiry is proceeding with a necessary legal process common to all judicial inquiries. When that process is concluded the inquiry’s report will be presented to An Tánaiste.”