The chairman of the Consumers' Association of Ireland has called for a full public inquiry into the organ-retention scandal.
Michael Kilcoyne, chairman of the Consumers' Association of Ireland
Mr Michael Kilcoyne said some parents of deceased children are not being given adequate information when they contact hospitals seeking post-mortem details.
Mr Kilcoyne said that selling organs to private companies was the utmost expression of disrespect.
"This is probably the greatest scandal facing the country. Pharmaceutical companies are in the business of making money and I want to know who made the initial decision to sell organs," he said.
Mr Kilcoyne said he has been contacted by several parents who are being forced to revisit their grief because of a lack of information from various hospitals.
"The Dunne Inquiry is totally inadequate and should be scrapped in favour of a full public inquiry. It is the least we owe to people who have been hurt by state institutions.
"Compounding their grief is unnecessary. The people responsible for selling organs must now be made liable for their actions," he added.
