Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 4:

In page 11, line 28, to delete “Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform” and substitute “Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform”.

Amendments Nos. 4, 7, 10, 27, 28 and 32 are technical amendments to correct a number of errors in the text. They have no material impact on the provisions of the Bill.

Amendment No. 4 amends section 4 to reflect the change of ministerial title from “Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform” to “Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform”.

Amendment No. 7 amends section 32(3), which relates to the provision of information to the executive. We are removing the legal obligation for a person to include his or her address in the information he or she gives. An address is not a reliable identifier of a person.

Amendment No. 10 amends section 37 by inserting an updated definition of “non-coronial post-mortem examination”. The updated definition requires the removal of the word "such" from paragraph (a).

Amendment No. 27 amends section 42(1) to take account of the substitution of the phrase "part of a body" for the existing text. We are making a consequential amendment in this section to replace the phrase "organs or tissues" with "part of a body". It is a consequential amendment to the inclusion of a definition for "part of a body" elsewhere in the Bill.

Amendment No. 28 amends section 42(3), which concerns the removal of a tissue sample for diagnostic purposes, by providing further clarification on what samples must be retained in the hospital record in line with the best medical practice.

Amendment No. 32 amends section 42(5) by deleting the words “the appropriate”.