'Rushed' laws on mandatory open disclosure in healthcare pushed out to new year

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said the introduction of duty of candor in teh Bill had been one of the late Vicky Phelan's "core demands". Many in the Dáil believed the Bill was not yet fit for purpose. Picture: David Young/PA

New laws to introduce mandatory open disclosure in the healthcare system will now be pushed out until the New Year, after the Health Minister agreed to make changes to the legislation.

Sinn Féin had purposely slowed down the much-criticised Bill aimed at introducing mandatory open disclosure by filibustering during a four-hour Dáil debate.