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Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety (8 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 301. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of serious reportable events in 2017 and to date in 2018 that were notified within 24 hours to a designated officer. [19807/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety (8 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 302. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of mandatory investigations in 2017 and to date in 2018 that commenced within 48 hours of the events occurring. [19808/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety (8 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 303. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of mandatory investigations commenced in 2017 that were completed within four months of notification of the events occurring. [19809/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety (8 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 304. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of reportable events in 2017 and to date in 2018 that have been reported within 30 days of occurrence to the designated officer. [19810/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (8 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 357. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Screening Service will implement the recommendations of the HIQA review of information management practices at BreastCheck; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20120/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adult Mental Health Services Data (9 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 189. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged 0 to 18 years of age on waiting lists for an assessment with their local child and adolescent mental health team; the length of time they have been waiting by community health care organisation area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20358/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adult Mental Health Services Data (9 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 190. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged 0 to 18 years of age on waiting lists for treatment with their local child and adolescent mental health team; the length of time they have been waiting by community health care organisation area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20359/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adult Mental Health Services Data (9 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 191. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged 0 to 18 years of age on waiting lists for a speech and language assessment; the length of time they have been waiting by HSE community health care organisation area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20360/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adult Mental Health Services Data (9 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged 0 to 18 years of age on waiting lists for speech and language treatment; the length of time they have been waiting by HSE community health care organisation area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20361/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adult Mental Health Services Data (9 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 193. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged 0 to 18 years of age on waiting lists for an initial assessment of need from early intervention teams; the length of time they have been waiting by HSE community health care organisation area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20362/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee. I will begin by directing my comments to Mr. O'Brien. As he may be aware, Fianna Fáil's position is that we would like to see him step back with immediate effect without prejudice. I am very conscious that as spokesperson I have asked for this publicly in the Dáil and in the media but not in a position where Mr. O'Brien has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I am keen to make some quick points on CervicalCheck. Then I will move on to a question on non-registered consultants. Yesterday, a High Court judge described that situation as scandalous. I wish address the issue of CervicalCheck first. I believe there is an opportunity to be proactive in identifying high-risk women. We have been speaking to general practitioners throughout the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I asked the Minister whether it would be possible for the investigation to report to the Taoiseach because of a potential conflict of interest.

Health Service Reform: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 2:To insert the following after "establish that all service users who have been transferred from congregated setting to independent living are progressing positively.":"in pursuing these healthcare goals, stay within the fiscal parameters required to maintain a prudent budgetary approach over the entire lifetime of implementation."

Mandatory Open Disclosure: Motion (15 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I welcome tonight's motion on the need for mandatory and enforceable open disclosure. I acknowledge the work done by Deputy O'Reilly in tabling this motion which Fianna Fáil will be supporting. The HSE's policy on open disclosure is not ambiguous. It is not a "nice to have" or an aspiration. The HSE's 2013 policy document describes open disclosure as "an open, timely and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Electronic Health Records (15 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 334. To ask the Minister for Health if electronic transmission of blood test results has ceased in some cases; the areas in which this has ceased; and the actions he will take to resolve the issue [20800/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (15 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 353. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional staff by category required to meet additional acute bed targets annually in the coming five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20868/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (15 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 369. To ask the Minister for Health the occasions on which he or either of his two predecessors communicated with the Health Service Executive under the terms of section 5 of the Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2013 since the commencement of the Act; the nature of the direction provided to the HSE on each occasion; the occasions on which the Director General informed him or either...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Data (15 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: 407. To ask the Minister for Health the number of specialist inflammatory bowel disease nurses employed; the number employed on the same date in 2017; and the estimated full year cost of increasing the number to 28 in line with international best practice. [21148/18]

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Stephen Donnelly: I want to talk about the digital age of consent and whether it should be set at 16 or 13. I strongly believe that it needs to be set at 16 but I acknowledge that everybody in this debate, including the Minister and others who are advocating setting it at 13, wants to act in the best interests of young people and provide them with the best protection. Some of the debate has been fractious,...