Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We are in agreement about the need for formal structures and the culture as well. In this Bill there is clear accountability for not disclosing. That is the purpose of the Bill. If somebody is deemed to have not complied with the mandatory open disclosure requirements for the serious patient events as laid out in the Bill, which can be added to by regulation, the person will have committed an offence. We are jumping ahead as it is section 49, but if the Chairman wishes, I am happy to speak to that now.