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Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill [Seanad] 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 8:In page 20, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:" "major harm" means a permanent lessening of bodily, sensory, motor, physiological or intellectual functions, including removal of the wrong limb or organ, that is related directly to a safety incident and not related to the natural course of the patient’s illness or underlying condition;".

Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill [Seanad] 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 9:In page 20, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following:" "moderate harm" means— (a) harm that requires a moderate increase in treatment, and (b) significant, but not permanent, harm;".

Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill [Seanad] 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 10:In page 20, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following:" "moderate increase in treatment" means an unplanned return to surgery, an unplanned re-admission, a prolonged episode of care, extended time in hospital or as an outpatient, cancelling of treatment, or transfer to another treatment area (such as intensive care);".

Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill [Seanad] 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 11:In page 20, line 25, to delete "shall be construed in accordance with section 8;" and substitute the following:"means both— (a) a Category A safety incident construed in accordance with section 8, and (b) a Category B safety incident construed in accordance with section 9;".

Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill [Seanad] 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 13:In page 21, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following:“Meaning of “Category A safety incident” 8. In this Part, “Category A safety incident”, in relation to the provision of a health service to a patient by a health services provider, means an unintended or unanticipated incident that occurred in respect of a patient in the...

Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill [Seanad] 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 16:In page 21, line 23, after “an” to insert “unintended or unanticipated”.

Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill [Seanad] 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 17:In page 21, line 25, to delete “injury or”.

Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill [Seanad] 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: I wish to follow up on the comments of Deputy Catherine Connolly. I am a great believer in trusting everyone until they prove unworthy of it. I raised yesterday with the Taoiseach the case of a woman called Jane Johnstone, who was having an horrendous time with the HSE in Wexford owing to her having had the audacity to stand up for herself and her two autistic children. I wish it were...

Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill [Seanad] 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 19:In page 21, line 27, to delete "placed the patient at risk of unintended or unanticipated injury or" and substitute "the patient was placed at risk of".

Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill [Seanad] 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: I will address the amendments in the group which deal with apologies and the provision that an apology shall not constitute an admission of liability. This is a crucial issue. As noted in the discussion on the second group of amendments, apologies are one of the most important aspects of any open disclosure process. The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care reviewed...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (8 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: 56. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has made or will make revisions to its policies in regard to the management of methane emissions from enteric fermentation and manure management in view of a recent study (details supplied) in which revised calculations of methane produced per head of cattle show that global livestock emissions in 2011 were 11%...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Offshore Exploration (8 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: 195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the detail of the environmental impact assessment carried out prior to his approval in July 2017 for offshore drilling at the Druid-Drombeg exploration field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47278/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2017: Discussion (8 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: I thank the witnesses for attending. I admit to still having plenty to learn about all of this. I have not read the full Bill, only bits and pieces. The European Court of Justice, ECJ, rejected the EU data retention directive in April 2014. Its decision was based on a case brought by Digital Rights Ireland, which specifically questioned the constitutionality of Ireland's data retention...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2017: Discussion (8 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: According to the ECJ, the Department was wrong in how it behaved. Is that not true? Although the witnesses mentioned Digital Rights Ireland, the impression being given is that these changes are coming about as if they have little or nothing to do with the Digital Rights Ireland judgment. I am mystified by why the Department has not said that, given the judgment, it must have been wrong....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2017: Discussion (8 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: All right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2017: Discussion (8 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: Our data retention laws were not proper. Is that true?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2017: Discussion (8 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: Let us consider the proposed arrangement. The Murray report highlights the importance of an objective standard of data security and that achieving objective standards in respect of EU law would require a robust form of monitoring and supervision of service providers by an independent authority with a clearly defined role and expressly associated powers and duties. Mr. Justice Murray...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2017: Discussion (8 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: Even if the Department does not find the Data Protection Commissioner to be ideal for the role of an independent authority, and notwithstanding what it has come up with, does it have a strong reason for not introducing an independent authority of some form in line with the Murray report's recommendation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2017: Discussion (8 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: The general scheme states the data shall be retained within the EU, and the Murray report recommends Ireland as a location for retained data. Why was that decision made?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2017: Discussion (8 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: Everything that Mr. Woods has said is now being held against him.