Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I read out a response to an email. That response needs to change rapidly.

The Civil Liability (Amendment) Act 2017 was passed last November. A key provision of the Bill was to force doctors to tell patients about mistakes that had been made but the Government introduced an amendment to make this voluntary rather than mandatory. The Minister for Justice and Equality recognised the input of his colleague, the Minister for Health, in changing that from mandatory to voluntary. Now the Minister is committing to introducing mandatory disclosure. What has changed in the meantime and why did he think it was alright last November to suggest that he would water this down and move from mandatory to voluntary?

See this speech in context