Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)

I want to ask about the human tissue Bill. As the Tánaiste will know, Parents for Justice is an organisation representing parents of deceased children whose organs were taken from their bodies without permission. The organisation has been promised a response first to the Dunne report and then to the Madden report, but there is no indication of when this will happen. They are a particularly vulnerable group of parents who have been promised some response, but it has not been forthcoming. The Government should respond to them.

I will keep asking about head shops until we get results. Legislation has been promised but has there been any progress in this regard? The Minister of State, Deputy Curran, was here earlier and I am sure he will have briefed the Tánaiste on whether there has been any progress on various aspects on this matter. Action may possibly be required under planning legislation and the Misuse of Drugs Act. Other legislation may also be needed. Has there been any progress in this regard? The issue has gone from Joe Duffy's agenda, but it must stay on ours because young people's lives are in danger.

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