New inquiry must deal with scandal

The overdue Dáil debate on the report of the Lindsay Tribunal into the infection of haemophiliacs with HIV and hepatitis C produced a call for another investigation into at least one aspect of this appalling episode - one of the worst in the history of the State.

Given the largely inadequate report which emanated from the tribunal, it would be totally unacceptable for the Minister for Health, Micheál Martin, to deny that call.

The Lindsay report was exceptionally economic in providing answers to the fundamental questions raised as to how 79 people died, and others are still traumatised, because of the carelessness and ineptitude of those responsible in the Blood Transfusion Service.