Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

As the Minister knows, I have raised the bizarre situation whereby there are no plans to relocate the genomics lab at Crumlin Children's Hospital when other services move to the St. James's Hospital site. It has now come to my attention that we are sending Irish samples to the United States, the UK, France, Spain, Germany and Finland for genomics testing. There are concerns about how the data on Irish patients' genetics is being handled. This issue could be addressed and the tests returned quite quickly - in a fraction of the time, in fact - in a newly accredited private lab in Dublin. Why is the HSE refusing to inform me about what is happening with Irish patients' samples? Why can we not have Irish scientists testing Irish samples?

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