Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2022-05-18
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Alice-Mary Higgins (IND), National University of Ireland

I agree with the Minister on the question of the vaccines in terms of the placing. The early life section or the medical section would be better than the care arrangements section. Again, we are adapting to the Bill as it changes. That is a better section, but I note that what I am seeking in terms of vaccines is slightly different. It is not simply a record of a person being vaccinated, but of having an entitlement to records of vaccine trials. If persons were one of 12 or 100 subjects in a vaccine trial, they would not simply be informed that they were vaccinated but if they were part of a vaccine trial they would be informed in relation to the records of the trial, what it was being used to develop and who was involved in it. Because the person was effectively being used-----

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Sitting date: 2022-05-18