Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will come to the amendments immediately, but I would like to acknowledge some of the people we have in the Gallery with us this evening. We have six-year-old Ally Whitson from Dublin. Ally received a life-saving kidney transplant from her dad when she was four. She was on nightly dialysis for 13 hours a night for two years. I met Ally and her mum, Michelle, earlier on, and I want to welcome Ally here tonight.

John Brennan, from Louth, got a heart transplant in 2018 and it has been life-saving and life-changing. Mr. Brennan is currently awaiting a kidney transplant. Nine-year-old Sam Kinahan is with us this evening. Sam is from Dublin. He started dialysis at just four months' old and at the age of five, he got a kidney from his dad. A good friend of mine who is waiting on a kidney, Councillor Gail Dunne, and his family are watching in Wicklow town. I wanted to welcome everybody to the Gallery this evening. They have been waiting for this day for a very, very long time.

The amendments in the group are technical amendments to update references to the Coroners Acts throughout the human tissue Bill to take account of the recently passed legislation. These amendments have no material impact on the provisions of the Bill.

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