Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 21 June 2023

Select Committee on Health

Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Yes, let us reflect on it. I have been thinking about it myself over recent days. For what it is worth, I would be worried that if we have both, it will create uncertainty. Imagine the situation the Deputy is talking about where there is a family and one person is saying "Yes" and the other person is saying "No". They might say the person did not opt in, and if they had wanted this to happen they would have opted in. You can imagine the situation. What we are trying to do with this Bill is fundamentally change our mindset as a nation to say we are all opted in. You cannot be extra opted in; you are just opted in. Everyone in the country will know exactly what the deal is, and anyone who does not want to be opted in will not be opted in. We are trying to do something quite fundamental here, which is to change our entire national view of this.

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