Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister's change of tack. It does not happen often, so fair play to him. One issue has been raised this evening that I raised on a previous occasion. I refer to anonymisation. I have spent hours outside of the Chamber because I have been speaking to people trying to get some sort of compromise. Politically, it would be the best if we could all sign up to this. I am sure everyone agrees. We need to reach a compromise on this. From conversations I have just had, I think we could come up with a process for anonymisation but we need time to agree something. I do not have the time to get into it here. It is very technical. I would like for us to deal with anonymisation and the process for it. I get what the Minister is saying about auditing, the data process and the requirement to have a full picture. I get that. It is about knowing that women will get the information to which they are entitled. I have spoken about this previously.

We need to do something about notifiable incidents. I trust the Minister on this issue. I believe he will do something on it. The process by which the laboratories provide information is a concern. Another issue I keep raising is the audits done from January 2018 until now. These involve 1,500 women. We must remember that no variables have changed. In view of the level of analysis, therefore, this means that some women have passed away.

The House is willing to facilitate this legislation. People do not mind if it goes into January as long as it is better and good legislation. The Minister mentioned the Seanad. I am not sure that is the right way to do this.

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