Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

I will check with my office whether my willingness to meet representatives of Parents for Justice to discuss the Madden report on organ retention has been communicated to them. I have indicated that I am more than happy to meet the group on foot of its request for a meeting. I will have to get legal advice on whether the documentation that was submitted by Ms Anne Dunne SC can be made available. I am certain that there is no intention to destroy it. It was passed on to Dr. Deirdre Madden when she was compiling her report. When the documentation was originally submitted to me, the legal advice I was given was that it was not possible to publish it.

The establishment of a nursing home inspectorate will be provided for in the legislation that will establish the health information and quality authority on a statutory basis. That legislation will be presented to the Cabinet next Tuesday, as will the legislation relating to long-stay charges. The pharmacy and medical practitioners legislation, which is being worked on as a matter of priority in the Department of Health and Children and the Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel, will be ready later this year.

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