Rónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Would the Leader agree that statutory rights are needed which would cover the entire area of patient care and treatment, including human rights and values, information, consent, confidentiality, privacy, care and treatment, going far beyond the issues Senator O'Donnell sought to raise? The criminal cases from Áras Attracta have brought before us in a very topical way the urgent need to re-examine the care we give to the most vulnerable in our society. In this instance, I refer to older people as they become more and more vulnerable in their lives.