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Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Given that this is potentially quite significant, I ask the Minister to clarify the area in which he is prepared to consider an amendment.

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Informed rather than-----

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: How long do I have? Misinformation was circulated earlier about-----

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Yes, but my amendments were not included in the grouping in the first advisory we got. This had to be corrected well into the debate.

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I was not informed that my amendments were being taken.

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I do not think that is correct. All this debate and the discussion earlier at the briefing indicate that this is an exceptionally complex matter. It is, literally, one of life and death. It goes to the heart of some significant issues within healthcare, the right to know and the duty of candour. It underlines how inappropriately this has been handled in the sense of being rushed and all...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Suspend.

Written Answers — Department of Health: International Agreements (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 153. To ask the Minister for Health his position on the Berlin declaration setting out the biopharmaceutical industry vision for equitable access in pandemics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61260/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: International Agreements (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 154. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with civil society organisations (details supplied) regarding an international pandemic treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61261/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: International Agreements (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 155. To ask the Minister for Health the engagement he has had with the European Union and the World Health Organization with regard to an international pandemic treaty; the role Ireland will play in the negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61262/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 156. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 22 June 2022, the steps being taken to progress nurse prescribing of opioid substitution therapy; the reason this has still not been developed given the urgent need for additional personnel to prescribe; if his attention has been brought to the temporary closure of a detox unit (details supplied) during the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (7 Dec 2022)

Róisín Shortall: 157. To ask the Minister for Health the status of recommendation 15 of the national cancer strategy in respect of a comprehensive cancer care centre; the engagements he has had with an institute (details supplied) regarding its plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61264/22]

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Is that a very high percentage?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Getting back to the business of this meeting, then-----

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I am concerned that the Minister repeated the misrepresentation about the calling of this meeting and the reason why it is taking place today. If the Minister checks with his Secretary General, he will realise that the circumstances are very different from what he is claiming. It was proposed up to two weeks ago that there would be a swap because the pressure is on to sign off on the...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: When did that happen?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: Does the Minister of State know? She answered the earlier question.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: I am not saying it is straightforward. The Minister made a number of points about changes he made to improve the situation and so on. That is why I am asking when, over a ten-month period, did the authorities go about trying to collect the information. That is important. It seems there was quite a long delay. If the Minister cannot provide that information today, perhaps he will do so in...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: To be clear, that was done in November.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Róisín Shortall: The payment was announced on 19 January.