Brendan Ryan (Labour)

Jaundice is a varying illness and not everybody would get a clinical diagnosis for it. Some people would just deal with it. When I had jaundice as a child the doctor never came near the house because my mother knew what it was and I got better and went on. It was regarded as one of the hazards of life.

One might not have a clinical diagnosis which the legislation seeks. Somebody may not show up with jaundice and have it clinically diagnosed within the first number of weeks, and it has been scientifically proven that many lose all traces of what can be found by these three tests within as little as three years. Does the Department of Health and Children accept that this scientific study exists and that its conclusions are as I have stated? The answer is either "Yes" or "No".