Dáil Éireann Debate, Friday - 6 September 2019
977. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the progress of the human tissue (transplantation, post-mortem, anatomical examination and public display) Bill; and his plans to progress it in the Houses of the Oireachtas. [35561/19]
View answerThe Government approved the publication of the General Scheme of a Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill on the 1st May 2019.
Work has commenced on the drafting of the Bill in collaboration with the Office of Parliamentary Council.
The General Scheme has been referred to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health for pre-legislative scrutiny. A date for the start of this process has not yet been set.
