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Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I am sure they could.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Let us take a look.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Yes, we will take a look at that.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 2: In page 9, to delete lines 29 and 30 and substitute the following: “(b) a registered nurse or registered midwife within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011, or”.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 3: In page 10, to delete lines 25 to 27 and substitute the following: “ “pathologist” means a registered medical practitioner who is qualified by virtue of his or her training and expertise to perform post-mortem examinations;”.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I fully support the intent behind the amendment. I do not propose to accept it in the Bill but for good reason. Let me lay out why. Organ Donation and Transplant Ireland, ODTI, advises on the resource and staffing requirements for organ donation and transplant services. That is the organisation with responsibility for the national system. The good news is that this review for which the...

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The amendment asks for a report examining the adequacy of the infrastructure and the resources required, including intensive care beds and healthcare professionals. That is exactly what ODTI is doing. I hope that we will have exactly what the Deputy is looking for later on this year. Therefore, in a year's time, when the report this amendment seeks would be done, we would already have the...

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: -----all of the resources.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I will be asking. I imagine we will all be asking.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: No. I hear the Deputy. ODTI compiles annual reports as well, so we are going to have exactly what the Deputy is looking for but we are going to have it a year earlier. We are also going to have it in a very comprehensive way that not only lays out the adequacy, but identifies the gaps and gives Government targets to fill them.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 6: In page 29, to delete lines 31 to 33 and substitute the following: “(5) A non-directed altruistic donor may not direct or specify that his or her organ shall, or shall not, be donated to a person of a particular class or classes of persons.”.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 7: In page 36, to delete line 34.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The HSE broadly. The HSE does public awareness campaigns all the time.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Let me take a look. In terms of donor cards, apps and codes on the driving licence, we are not suggesting these be abolished. The Irish Kidney Association itself played an instrumental role in setting these up.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 4: In page 11, line 28, to delete “Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform” and substitute “Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform”. Amendments Nos. 4, 7, 10, 27, 28 and 32 are technical amendments to correct a number of errors in the text. They have no material impact on the provisions of the...

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 8: In page 44, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “ “coronial post-mortem” shall be construed in accordance with section 38(2)(b); “designated healthcare worker” means— (a) a registered medical practitioner, (b) a registered nurse or registered midwife within the meaning of section 2(1) of the...

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 9: In page 44, line 25, to delete “organs, tissue samples or blood (or any material derived from blood)” and substitute “part of a body”. These amendments relate to parts of the body. We are making an amendment, along with relevant consequential amendments in other sections, by inserting a definition of "part of a body". This is being...

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 10: In page 44, line 27, to delete “such”.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 12: In page 45, to delete lines 18 and 19 and substitute the following: “ “stillborn child” has the same meaning as it has in section 2(1) of the Civil Registration Act 2004.”.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 13: In page 47, to delete lines 14 and 15 and substitute the following: “(c) post-mortem consent given by a person is given, and given only, for the purposes of the post-mortem activities, specified in the consent concerned, (d) where post-mortem consent is given by a person for the purposes of the post mortem activities specified in the consent, it shall...