Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 43:

In page 56, line 22, to delete “definition” and substitute “definitions”.

We are making several amendments to section 52, which amends the Health Act 2007. These amendments are being made to expand HIQA's role to include the monitoring of regulations for post-mortem examinations that take place in locations other than hospitals, such as the Dublin city mortuary. HIQA already has a remit within the hospitals. The purpose of these amendments is to provide parity of regulation for the management and final treatment of material retained from post-mortem examinations in line with clinical practice and updated HSE national clinical guidelines for post-mortem examination services from 2023.

We are also inserting a new section to amend the Health Act 2004. This will expand the protected disclosure provisions to include disclosures made to HIQA relating to its role in monitoring compliance with regulations under the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022 and the Coroners Act 1962.

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