Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is not agreed. I ask for an adjournment of the patient safety Bill to next week. We all know this is important legislation that we need to get right. On 7 December and following the death of campaigner Vicky Phelan, there was cross-party determination to get this legislation right.

I assume we all still share that ambition. We are nearly there but we are not quite there yet. We need an amendment to the legislation to provide for a legal obligation on screening service providers to inform patients at the point of diagnosis, and no later than three months following diagnosis, of their legal right to a review.

The 221+ group has written to the Minister advising that this amendment is absolutely necessary. I support that position. I understand the deadline has passed for the Minister to bring the amendment at this point. We need an adjournment for this amendment to be taken and to get the legislation right.

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