Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I welcome these amendments, which are extremely important. It is an area that is extremely emotive and that can be traumatic for the family of the deceased individual, particularly where that individual is a baby or young child. It is important that there is regulation in this area. Sometimes people working in this area can view human tissue as something for research purposes and can overlook the fact that this is a part of an individual who is deceased and who was a loved and valued individual. To that extent, we have not always been good at maintaining adequate respect for human tissue samples in the past. I welcome the fact that this is being addressed in this Bill.

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