Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 5:

In page 9, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: "(d) records of any vaccine trials in which the relevant person was a research subject,".

These amendments are on the care arrangements and other issues and relate to the kinds of information persons are accessing. I am seeking granular health detail. I am aware that there are provisions in respect of health information in the Bill but I am seeking provisions on "the records of any vaccine trials to which a relevant person might have been a research subject", "the relevant person's medical records from birth until the time of placement, including x-rays, tests, vaccines" and, with regard to the caring arrangements, "any institution, agency, organisation or individual involved in the care of children and mothers who were separated from each other". This is trying to widen the scope concerning who might be covered under the information provisions. Basically, the aim is to ensure that all information is covered, not simply the very minimal version. For example, amendment No. 5 is not about the simple fact of whether one has been vaccinated but about records of vaccine trials. I am trying to widen the scope. The Minister will be aware that the question of medical ethics and transparency involves a wider discussion, separate even from that on adoption. That is why I am seeking a provision not simply on the fact of whether one has been vaccinated but also on records of any vaccine trials.