Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Last night, there was a very important debate in the House. I must put on record again that Sinn Féin welcomes the fact that the Minister for Health accepted some of our concerns regarding the Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019 and has now agreed to bring forward an amendment to deal with one of the issues we raised. That is very much welcome.

I am also conscious that, as I speak, this is a very difficult day for Stephen Teap, who has just agreed a settlement in relation to the laboratories and the HSE. He never gave up and never stopped battling on behalf of his wife, Irene. It is for people like Irene and Stephen Teap, Vicky Phelan and so many others that we have a huge weight of responsibility to work together and collectively get this legislation right.

There are other concerns with this legislation regarding the anonymised audits that would take place in that there is no duty to inform the women or individuals in that case. It is up to the individual to seek a review if he or she so wishes. I ask the Government to engage with us and others and with the campaign group to make sure we get this legislation right on behalf of everybody who has battled for such causes.

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