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Human tissue Bill

Summary

Peter Fitzpatrick asks when legislation implementing the Madden report’s consent requirements for post-mortems, tissue retention, transplantation and research will be published. The Taoiseach has no date but will provide information on its preparation.

When will the human tissue Bill to meet the key recommendation of the Madden report that no hospital post-mortem may be carried out and no tissue retained after post-mortem without consent and to address other matters relating to human tissue, including consent arrangements for transplantation and research purposes, be published?

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Enda Kenny The Taoiseach Fine Gael

I do not have a date for publication of that Bill. I will communicate with the Deputy on the preparatory work being done on it.

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