Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for sharing their stories. Seán and Rory sound like lovely kids. I thank Mr. Callaghan for telling us his story as well.

Before I start, I should record that I have an interest in this topic. I have had sepsis as well, and, as Mr. Callaghan said, I am one of the lucky ones. We are also joined this morning by the Chair of the Joint Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen, Deputy Martin Browne, as well as some of its members, including Deputies Mairéad Farrell, O'Dowd and Deputy Conway-Walsh. They are all very welcome.

As we have about an hour left, I am going to go straight to business. Each member will have five minutes. I call Senator Martin Conway.