Cork University Maternity Hospital: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2021-09-30
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Stephen Donnelly (FF), Wicklow

What happened is completely unacceptable and it is outside the guidelines. The national guidelines state that when a parent or guardian has consented, the processes that should be used are burial or cremation, not incineration. Furthermore, Cork University Hospital and Cork University Maternity Hospital go further than that and say it is only burial.

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Sitting date: 2021-09-30