Redress payments for women affected by the practice of symphysiotomy are expected to start coming through by Christmas, according to the Patient Focus campaign group.
The surgical procedure to break the pelvis during childbirth to allow a baby to be born was performed between 1944 and 1984 on around 1,500 women.
Around 350 women affected by the practice are still alive.
Three campaign groups met Minister for Health Leo Varadkar today to discuss the Government's redress scheme, which was announced in July.
The ex-gratia scheme provides for a payment of between €50,000 and €150,000, depending on the scale of the health injury.
Speaking after today's meeting with the Minister for Health, Marie O'Connor, Chairperson of Survivors of Symphysiotomy said "we told the Minister today that the redress scheme as laid out last July is fundamentally flawed."
"We are looking for a better deal for Survivors of Symphysiotomy".
The group said ex-gratia payments of up to €150,000 were "not remotely adequate for life-long disability".
Ms O'Connor said, however, that she was happy that some progress had been made in relation to the redress scheme.
She said the women's legal rights would now be protected, and the Government appeared to be "moving away" from involving the State Claims Agency in the scheme.
Ms O'Connor said it was unclear how much progress could be made on the outstanding issues, and would wait to see how the situation progressed over the coming days and weeks.
Following talks with the Minister, Patient Focus said it was pleased with the meeting, adding that women will not waive their legal rights to pursue the matter further until they accept a redress payment.
Speaking after meeting survivors this evening, Minister Varadkar said the voluntary compensation scheme had been accepted by two of the groups.
The Minister said the women would be entitled to medical cards for life and access to a liaison officer.
He said women who were unhappy with the scheme could exercise their legal rights by taking a case to court.
The Survivors of Symphysiotomy group recently appeared before the UN Human Rights Commission on the issue and had submitted an eight-point plan to the minister.
It had rejected the Government's redress scheme and said an admission of wrongdoing was fundamental.
The group said women cannot sign away their legal rights as a condition of entry to the compensation scheme.
It also said the scheme should be run by an independent board, not by State assessors and State-appointed doctors.
The group said that the United Nations also recommended judicial oversight of the scheme.
It said a statutory right of appeal to the courts is needed.
Survivors of Symphysiotomy Limited was also to meet the minister.
The State Claims Agency is to administer the scheme and women seeking compensation have to provide medical documentation to show their injuries were derived from the procedure.
The application form to apply for compensation is expected to be ready shortly.
