I move amendment No. 53: In page 61, line 27, to delete “Court considers” and substitute “Court considers appropriate”.

I move amendment No. 54: In page 61, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1962 56. Section 2 of the Act of 1962 is amended by— (a) the insertion of the following definitions: “ ‘ Act of 2023 ’ means the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Act 2023 ; ‘Authority’ means the Health Information and Quality Authority; ‘designated person’ means— (a) in relation to a hospital, the person designated in that behalf by the hospit…

Yes.

I thank colleagues for their support on this. I fully agree that things happened in the past which should never have happened. These amendments and this legislation will put that to bed. This puts the families front and centre in what they want in terms of mandated communications with them, right through the process, not just respecting their wishes but making sure their wishes are front and centre and that they are communicated with on an ongoing basis through this. I thank Deputies for their support. They are som…

I move amendment No. 55: In page 61, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “ “(2A) A registered medical practitioner may, when carrying out a post-mortem examination in accordance with subsection (1), be assisted (whether by way of technical or clinical assistance) in carrying out such examination by an appropriately qualified healthcare professional or other person who, in the opinion of the registered medical practitioner carrying out or supervising the examination, is sufficiently qualified or has th…

I move amendment No. 56: In page 61, line 33, to delete “(2A) A registered” and substitute “(2B) A registered”.

I move amendment No. 57: In page 61, to delete lines 38 to 40, and in page 62, to delete lines 1 and 2 and substitute the following: “(2C) Where the post-mortem examination has been conducted in a hospital, any material removed from the body under a direction in subsection (1) shall be preserved, stored and recorded in accordance with regulations made in that regard by the Minister for Health under section 40 of the Act of 2023 .”.

I move amendment No. 58: In page 62, to delete lines 3 to 8 and substitute the following: “(2D) Where the post-mortem examination has been conducted in a relevant facility, any material removed from the body under a direction in subsection (1) shall be preserved, stored and recorded, in accordance with regulations made in that regard by the Minister under section 33I.”.”.

I move amendment No. 59: In page 62, to delete lines 9 to 15.

I move amendment No. 60: In page 62, line 16, to delete “following subsection” and substitute “following subsections”.

I move amendment No. 61: In page 62, to delete lines 17 to 34 and substitute the following: “ “(3A) In providing the information under subsection (3), a coroner shall notify or cause to be notified a family member of the deceased person, the subject of the information, that approval by the family member (in this Act referred to as an ‘authorisation’) will be sought in respect of the final management of certain material of the deceased person. (3B) Subsequent to the information being provided to a family member unde…

I move amendment No. 62: In page 62, to delete lines 37 to 41 and substitute the following: “(7) In this section, ‘technical or clinical assistance’, in relation to the carrying out of a post-mortem examination, includes the removal by a person providing the assistance, of a part of a body from the deceased adult, child or foetus, the subject of the examination concerned.”.”.

I move amendment No. 63: In page 62, after line 41, to insert the following: “ Amendment of section 33B of Act of 1962 57. Section 33B of the Act of 1962 is amended by the deletion of subsection (1).”.

I move amendment No. 64: In page 63, to delete lines 3 to 43, to delete page 64, and in page 65, to delete lines 1 to 7 and substitute the following: “ “Authorisation for final management of material removed from body of deceased person 33F. (1) Where— (a) a post-mortem examination of a deceased person has taken place in a hospital or relevant facility, and (b) the designated person in the hospital or relevant facility has been requested by or on behalf of the coroner to request an authorisation from a family membe…

I move amendment No. 65: In page 70, to delete lines 35 to 40, and in page 71, to delete lines 1 to 7 and substitute the following: “(4) Upon receipt of an application for a licence under this section, the Medical Council shall— (a) in the case of an applicant institution in respect of which more than 2 years has elapsed since an inspection was last carried out on the institution, (b) where the applicant institution is making an application to become a licensed institution for the first time, or (c) where the Medic…

I move amendment No. 66: In page 103, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “Amendment of Health Act 2004 100. The Health Act 2004 is amended, in section 55G, by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a): “(a) an authorised person appointed by the Health Information and Quality Authority in accordance with section 70 of the Health Act 2007 to— (i) monitor compliance with standards in accordance with section 8 (1)(c) of the Health Act 2007, (ii) undertake an investigation under section …

I thank colleagues for their contribution this evening and for the broad support across the House for this important legislation. It is legislation that has been long promised and long fought for, both by people here within the Oireachtas and obviously by patients and patient advocacy groups as well. Thanks to getting the Bill through this evening we are close to the end of the Bill and we will progress now to the Seanad in the coming weeks. This will deliver significant advantages for patients, which is ultimately…

Deputy Cullinane, I think, missed the excitement on Committee Stage.

I think he was not available and his colleague came in. There was a lively exchange. The result is that Deputy Shortall's amendment is staying in the Bill. We are not seeking to remove it. It was Deputy Shortall's amendment and it was voted through on Committee Stage. We are proposing to leave it in there. Deputy Shortall has made the point that she feels 24 months is too long. The advice I have is that 12 months might be a bit short but it does not matter. We are leaving it in there. We now have a review clause in…

The public consultation will conclude at the end of this year. We will then move very quickly to drafting. I would like to have a draft for colleagues to look at in March. We have to notify the EU then. There are several months' work involved in that, and then we will move through the House very quickly. I do not want to pre-empt what comes out of the public consultation, but I am on the record, as I think we all are on this, as saying that we need to be very restrictive. I am deeply concerned, as I know colleagues…