Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Chairman. I will be brief. I thank all the witnesses for attending and for giving a very honest insight into their community's current situation around what has not been recognised. I was particularly taken aback by the information around the cardiac conditions and how a basic facet of any medical history is that a person can check the family history. The fact that this is being constrained in a medical scenario is very difficult. This also applies to the issues around mental health where people in a community are being blocked and barriers are in place to getting access to the services which we all take for granted. This is something that can be addressed in the Bill. I thank Senator Mark Daly for trying to progress this.

Will the witnesses clarify if there is any other country in which a model of set of rights has been codified and has worked well and to which Ireland can immediately look in order to progress this quickly? As we know, legislation can achieve some things but progressing the necessary and practical implementation of the rights that are codified in any legislation is very important. Is there any other place that has done this well and to which we can look in order to try to progress the practical implementation of the Bill?