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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Provision (14 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 251. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she has identified the areas of child support services deemed to be most deficient and needing attention; when she expects to be in position to fully address the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40408/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (14 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 253. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she and her Department continue to identify children at risk while in direct provision or whose parents are undocumented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40411/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (14 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 254. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department continues to monitor the welfare of children in the various forms of State care; if she continues to be satisfied that adequate safety measures remain in place to deal with the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40414/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill: Discussion (14 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: The first objective of the Bill is to support the development of better information systems, information capacity, data quality and the e-health agenda. To what extent do we compare with other jurisdictions under each of the aforementioned headings? What information has been requested from other jurisdictions in terms of how they have progressed in this area? Are we up to speed? Have we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill: Discussion (14 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: How has that mechanism worked in practise in the past and, in Mr. Lennon's opinion, is it likely to work well in the future given the submissions made by HIQA and given our experiences with HIQA and the Data Protection Commissioner in the past, of which there have been many?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill: Discussion (14 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: On the enhancement of safety measures, is Mr. Lennon satisfied that patient experience, in terms of the procedures to be followed in the course of their treatment, whether in or outside a hospital or in or outside of primary care centres, is adequately provided in this legislation? I suspect that we will not be revisiting this legislation for a long time. To what extent is Mr. Lennon...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill: Discussion (14 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: We will follow up on that later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill: Discussion (14 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: Yes. It is amazing - I think Senator Dolan has powers of mental telepathy because his comments went along the direction in which I was about to head. I compliment him on that. My comments relate to a question Senator Colm Burke raised earlier and which I raised previously as well. I refer to the questions that should be readily available to those interested in the health sector - for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill: Discussion (14 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: -----collating information arising from incidents, quickly and effectively and making it available throughout the service to ensure that there is no repetition.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill: Discussion (14 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: Do we supply data to other jurisdictions and vice versa?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill: Discussion (14 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill: Discussion (14 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: It would be beneficial.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill: Discussion (14 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Vice Chairman. I thought Deputy O'Connell had taken a vow of silence or something.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill: Discussion (14 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: This is an area we all have an interest in because in the course of our business as public representatives we generally come across issues pertaining to HIQA and data protection on a daily basis. On HIQA, I agree entirely with the two previous speakers with regard to the decongregation model. I do not agree with it in any situation. It seems to have taken on a life of its own and, like it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill: Discussion (14 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: -----I am very conscious of the pain I have already imposed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill: Discussion (14 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: Will it delay the process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill: Discussion (14 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: When I go into an institution I am often asked whether I have the permission of those whom I represent to speak on their behalf. My response to that is that I have already got prior permission. The Data Protection Commissioner has issued a document to indicate that when the inquirer has already registered, by way of letter, informing the body to whom he or she is inquiring what they are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill: Discussion (14 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: It is no harm to remember, and Ms Dixon may be certain, that in some circumstances the authority of the questioner is questioned. There is a tendency to extend that along the road a little bit, like Lanna Machree's dog, and end up in a place one did not want to go. In that respect, one may end up restricting information, failing to co-operate and, as a result, some person or system is put...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (15 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: I wish everybody, including your good self, a Ceann Comhairle, happy and seasonal greetings and good wishes for the coming year. I began the year with questions about the Bail Bill, that old stalwart.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (15 Dec 2016)

Bernard Durkan: It is as important as ever. I know the Tánaiste has good news for me in that regard. The timeline for it is already agreed and we will see it early in the new year. I would like confirmation on that.