Chris Andrews (Dublin Bay South, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister's movement on some issues. I also welcome his candour. It is clear that the Minister is listening. With regard to anonymisation and having listened to Deputy Kelly, regardless of whether that it is to be done here or in the Seanad, we have to take another step and ensure that people can sign up to what is in the Bill. That is very important. The whole debate is very important. It is very important that the Bill is right. Families will understand if it takes a bit longer as long as we get it right. This is key. The devil is always in the detail. It is important that the Minister spells out the detail relating to anonymisation. Patients need to be elevated above the processes. As I mentioned earlier, the public does not have confidence in the health system, the cancer screening process or the CervicalCheck process. There is a serious lack of confidence among the public in this regard. This is why it is very important that the details of the Bill are done right.. I mentioned earlier a woman who wrote to me about finding out about what was done in the operation she had. We cannot allow this to happen again in any area of the health system.

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