Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I recently established an administrative scheme to allow for the collection of samples on a purely voluntary basis from elderly and vulnerable people in advance of the start of the statutory identification programme. Any person can contact the office of the director of authorised intervention for details. We thought that was important, recognising the age of some of the people involved, something the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, also mentioned to me, and that the process of the statutory scheme is being set up. I recognise the work Mr. MacSweeney is doing and the detailed work to facilitate all elements, including the identification scheme and the actual excavation and retrieval of the remains, all which is incredibly sensitive.

I am not saying "No" to any future amendment of the legislation, but it must be based on a clear scientific change. If we get information that shows the science has developed to allow precision for family members more distant from the person whose remains are in the site in Tuam, I am open to considering that.

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