David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is clear there was a breach in the guidelines. It goes back to what Deputy Carthy was saying about establishing the actual facts and what exactly the breaches were, documenting them and then taking whatever appropriate action is necessary. That is very important because there has to be accountability. I welcome that the Minister has broadened the scope of the review to all maternity hospitals so that we can have certainty this was an outlier and was not happening anywhere else. That is important.

The Joint Committee on Health completed pre-legislative scrutiny on the human tissue Bill in 2019. The Minister might have been a member of it at the time it was done. That Bill would have put new standards and guidelines into law on a range of related matters, including disposal. Where are we with that Bill? Given what has happened, is it a Bill the Minister will now prioritise?

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