Seanad debates

Thursday, 29 September 2011

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages

 

1:00 pm

Photo of Paschal MooneyPaschal Mooney (Fianna Fail)

If I heard the Minister correctly, he indicated, based on his experience as a medical doctor in an accident and emergency department, that one of the first medical procedures carried out on an injured person is that a blood sample is taken. He said that under existing law such a blood sample cannot be used and that he is amending the Act to change that. Does that suggest that two blood samples would be taken, that one would be taken for internal medical use to treat the patient and, subsequent to that, a further blood sample would be taken? I am thinking of a timeline where a garda would arrive subsequent to triage and treatment being administered. Is there any suggestion or inference that two blood samples may be taken from the person?

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