Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 February 2017

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare

Health Service Reform: Health Information and Quality Authority

10:00 am

Photo of Josepha MadiganJosepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I was just curious as to whether HIQA has its own way of collecting information that it receives from the public. I refer to queries. One that has just occurred to me - it is not necessarily something I agree with but it is merely to put it out there - relates to end of life and assisted dying. If HIQA receives queries from the public on that and it must give information on it, does HIQA then self-reflect, collect that data and make a submission in light of it, or what does HIQA do to collate that? Obviously, legislation has to change with the times. I am not saying I necessarily agree with that matter but it is something that comes up sometimes. I would appreciate their views on that.

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