Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank colleagues for their support on this. I fully agree that things happened in the past which should never have happened. These amendments and this legislation will put that to bed. This puts the families front and centre in what they want in terms of mandated communications with them, right through the process, not just respecting their wishes but making sure their wishes are front and centre and that they are communicated with on an ongoing basis through this. I thank Deputies for their support. They are somewhat technical amendments but they speak to something very serious.

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