David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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I move amendment No. 49:

In page 56, after line 27, to insert the following: “Report of the Minister

55.(1) Not later than 2 months after receiving a Report of the Patient Safety Council, the Minister shall lay the Report of the Patient Safety Council and a Report of the Minister before the Houses of the Oireachtas in accordance with subsection (2).

(2) The Report of the Minister shall include:

(a) the response of the Minister to each of the recommendations of the Report of the Patient Safety Council;

(b) the intentions of the Minister to bring forward amendments to give effect to the recommendations of the Patient Safety Council;

(c) the number and nature of notifiable incidents reported to the relevant bodies in the preceding year and since the passage of the Act;

(d) the additional resources sought by the Authority, Commission, and other relevant bodies for the full and effective implementation of the Act;

(e) the actual additional resources provided to said bodies following requests for additional resources;

(f) details of engagements with the Authority and the Patient Safety Council for the strengthening of this Act, the Act of 2007, and progressing adult safeguarding legislation;

(g) any additional powers sought by the Authority or any other body for the effective implementation of this Act.”.

The amendment is self-explanatory. I am sure the Minister has read it. It is basically to improve reporting. It provides, "Not later than 2 months after receiving a Report of the Patient Safety Council, the Minister shall lay the Report of the Patient Safety Council and a Report of the Minister before the Houses of the Oireachtas". This relates to other amendments that have already fallen. It goes back to the discussion we had earlier about the role of the patient safety council. The Minister has already accepted that a letter will go from his office to ask that it report within a reasonable period after the passage of the Bill. On that basis, I will withdraw the amendment.