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Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Jim Daly: I will say a few words on it before I complete the discussion of the Bill today.

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Jim Daly: I move amendment No. 1: In page 10, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: "(2) Section 65 of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 is repealed.". Thank you Chairman for your welcome. I also thank Deputy Donnelly for his nice welcoming comments, which are very much appreciated. I will come back to his question on Brexit at the first opportunity. The amendments...

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Jim Daly: I move amendment No. 2: In page 14, line 9, to delete “or”. Section 8 inserts a number of new sections into the Dentists Act 1985, which relate to recognition of qualifications for entry to the register and registration. The Bill's draft section 26B sets out the means by which the Dental Council can recognise the qualifications for registration. Section 26B.(1)(d), to...

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Jim Daly: Deputy Donnelly asked whether the recognition of qualifications differs in respect of dentists from EU member states and those from outside the EU. There is, as standard, recognition of qualifications among EU member states. This means all qualifications obtained in the EU are automatically recognised in all EU countries.

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Jim Daly: While there may be a test of language skills, it is accepted across the EU that a standard is met in all EU countries and they all adhere to the same standards. There is an acceptance and recognition of qualifications among EU countries, other than language requirements which will apply in some countries. In the case of dentists from outside the EU, the Medical Council will have to satisfy...

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Jim Daly: My understanding is that there are a number of agreements in place for dentistry. For example, there is an agreement with Canada which has a particularly large supply of dentists. Dentists from other countries would undergo a check or take an examination to ensure that standards are the same as ours.

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Jim Daly: I move amendment No. 3: In page 14, to delete lines 10 to 12 and substitute the following: “(d) has a qualification in dentistry from a state other than the State and has passed an examination specified in rules made for the purposes of this paragraph, or (e) has a qualification in dentistry from a state other than the State and is exempted from paragraph (d) by virtue of falling...

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Jim Daly: I move amendment No. 4: In page 21, line 5, after “person” to insert “as”. With the exception of amendment No. 18 in this group, which corrects a typographical error in section 25 of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005, the rest of these amendments correct typographical or minor drafting errors in the Bill. These amendments should address all of...

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Jim Daly: Is the Deputy referring to the onus on the registrant to make a declaration?

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Jim Daly: To which specific section is she referring?

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Jim Daly: If the Deputy is agreeable, I will address that point later. If we move through the procedural side, we can then discuss any substantive issues the Deputy wishes to raise.

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Jim Daly: I move amendment No. 5: In page 22, line 6, to delete “or her address” and substitute “address as”.

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Jim Daly: I move amendment No. 6: In page 22, lines 8 and 9, to delete “or her”.

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Jim Daly: I move amendment No.7: In page 22, line 17, to delete “or her”.

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Jim Daly: I move amendment No. 8: In page 22, lines 28 and 29, to delete “or her ”.

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Jim Daly: I move amendment No. 9: In page 23, line 40, after “decision” to insert “to the Court of Appeal”.

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Jim Daly: I thank the Deputies, who made very reasonable points. It is not the sanction but the finding that is appealed. Reference was made a number of times to a minor sanction but it is the finding, which is on a person's professional conduct and fitness to practise, which is very serious, that is appealed. A finding can impugn a person's professional good name. That brings up the level of...

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Jim Daly: It goes back to a person's good name as a professional practitioner, which is integral to anybody. To protect that, it is deemed appropriate that an office such as the High Court would be the appropriate office when a person's good name has been challenged by his or her employer. It is essentially still focusing on the registrant and keeping him or her in mind but that right is a very...

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Jim Daly: I assure members there is no problem if they want any clarity between now and Report Stage. Of course the officials would be happy to sit down and discuss this. There are a lot of precedents that inform these kind of decisions, namely the existing judicial system in Ireland. If one is caught for a misdemeanour or an offence under the Road Traffic Act, 1961, he or she goes to the District...

Select Committee on Health: Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (25 Sep 2019)

Jim Daly: This could be dealt with better in a less formal forum. I will try to deal with some of the issues. To answer Deputy Donnelly's question on whether other options were considered, which I may not have answered earlier, the answer is that they were. There is no question about that. There is existing legislation in place which this amends. We must keep mind of existing legislation and that...