Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is still intended to do it. There are two reasons for the delay. First, the legislation, as I announced it in 2015, was to be the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill. To fast-track the mandatory open disclosure of serious reportable events, the Bill is to be split. The patient safety aspect is to be withdrawn in order that the Bill can be fast-tracked. The Minister will bring forth a memo in that regard in the next week or two. Second, as I announced at the time, it was part of a programme of reform in the civil legal system and of patient safety law. It is important to acknowledge what has been done. It is not the case that nothing was done in the two-year period.

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