David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)

The Health Bill was promised for this year but it has been postponed until next year, which is disappointing.

When Deputy Micheál Martin was Minister for Health and Children, he considered the matter of clinical drug trials serious enough to refer it to the Commission. The courts found he acted outside his powers, which is not surprising. Will the Government introduce primary legislation to deal with this situation, where children were experimented on by drug companies in the 1960s without the parents' permission? Will the Government brush this matter under the carpet and forget it?

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