Jennifer Brayon one of the more unusual aspects of a proposed law being brought to Cabinet today. Organisers of exhibitions featuring real preserved human bodies will have to obtain a special licence and answer questions about the provenance of the specimens, as part of the Human Tissue Bill. The legislation would also bring about a new “soft opt-out” system for organ donation.
Spare a thought for politicians and Oireachtas workers in freezing Leinster House offices. They were told the heating would not be turned on until the start of October at the earliest during a cold snap in September due to the need to show leadership in the energy crisis. We have a report on the contacts between TDs and Leinster House managementThe Cabinet is meeting this morning.
From 6.15pm, the Dáil will debate a Sinn Féin motion calling for the scrapping of planed road toll increases. The transport committee will quiz Transport Infrastructure Ireland chief executive Peter Walsh on the toll increases in committee room two from 7pm. He is to warn that freezing the toll charges at 2022 levels could mean higher increases for 2024. We report on what he is expected to tell TDs and SenatorsDáil proceedings later in the evening are parliamentary questions to Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys and Topical Questions from 9.45pm.
Elsewhere, the committee on housing will meet representatives of the Residential Tenancies Board on recent trends in the private rental sector from 3pm.
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A Statutory Inquiry now... Full disclosure...and compellability. Convictions and reparations made. Even if it the closure of schools and Religious Orders /congregations ! Enough is Enough.