Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 3, lines 22 to 24, to delete all words from and including "specified," in line 22 down to and including "7(1A)(a)" in line 24 and substitute "appointed, pursuant to section 7(10)".

I tabled this amendment to clarify that we are talking about a number of different tests, including the ELISA, RIBA and PCR tests and any other tests which might arise in the future. As I said when concluding on Second Stage, the decision to grant the compensation, health insurance and the health card, with the exception of the group which has been processed, or is being processed, by the tribunal, will be based on clinical diagnosis or a positive test. We want to make way for any tests which might be devised in the future.

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