Paddy McHugh (Galway East, Independent)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following specific and important matter of public interest requiring urgent attention, namely, the need for the Government to explain the reasons for the nine-year delay in implementing an insurance scheme for persons infected with HIV and-or hepatitis C through provision of contaminated blood or blood products by the State; and, further, to discuss the urgent requirement to introduce the insurance scheme immediately, as promised on numerous occasions by the Tánaiste, to provide insurance cover to persons infected with HIV and-or hepatitis C so that they may have the same basic entitlements and rights as other citizens.

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