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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Brexit Preparations Update: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I am sorry to cut across Mr. Breslin but we are veering back into the statements. My question is on which drugs and devices are at risk.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Brexit Preparations Update: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I am sorry to cut across Mr. Breslin. He is answering a very broad question that I am not really asking. He is answering a question on the safety concerns. I am specifically asking which drugs and devices would be affected. If he would prefer not to say because of public fear that is fine and we can move on but he is answering a much broader question that I am not really asking. Is he in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Brexit Preparations Update: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: To be clear, the answer to the question is "No". The Department has identified specific drugs or devices.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Brexit Preparations Update: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: The answer is "No".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Brexit Preparations Update: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I turn to the issue of food, about which there was much talk of regulation. Let us imagine that the British Prime Minister and the US President do a wonderful trade deal, which the latter astonishingly stated will quadruple trade with the UK, and let us say American beef starts landing in Belfast. In order to protect Irish beef and impose EU standards in respect of it and on the broad...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Brexit Preparations Update: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Am I correct in stating that in the case of beef coming into Belfast, State officials in Northern Irish ports will be watching?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Brexit Preparations Update: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: My question is about the Northern Irish ports.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Brexit Preparations Update: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I appreciate that and I do not ask Mr. Breslin to make policy calls, which are a matter for the Minister. Nevertheless, we are 26 working days from a de factono-deal Brexit. Foodstuffs that fall outside any recognised regulatory regime will come into Northern Ireland. We are all agreed that nothing will be stopped at the Border and that the only place goods can be checked is when they land...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Brexit Preparations Update: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I did not mean that they will be different but that they will be in a framework which is no longer recognised.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Brexit Preparations Update: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: On the money issue, a no-deal Brexit will leave Ireland with less cash. Is there a fiscal plan with the HSE for that eventuality? Does the Department have a plan for next year that outlines the money we assume we will have but that notes there is a good chance we will have, say, €500 million or €1 billion less? Is there contingency planning for running the healthcare system...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Brexit Preparations Update: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: My final question relates to the GDPR. If there is a no-deal Brexit, the UK will not be governed by the GDPR. There is quite an active exchange of patient information, whether for the treatment abroad scheme or various others, particularly between the North and South. Given that the UK will be outside the GDPR regime and that we have a statutory responsibility to protect the data of our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Brexit Preparations Update: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I wish to return to the cross-border directive. It is in place and we are 26 working days away from God knows what. My understanding of what Mr. Breslin is saying is that there is an active agreement in place such that on the 27th day, people will be able to continue to go to Belfast, Derry or wherever, they will pay for their treatment as they currently do and the HSE will reimburse them...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Brexit Preparations Update: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I have a question about some of the work that is taking place. Mr. Breslin said in his statement that "strong general assurances have been received from industry but an expert group is also examining categories of medicine where it is deemed especially important to work directly with suppliers to verify that robust contingencies are in place". Various people here are still using the present...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Brexit Preparations Update: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: My final question is a follow-up. We have been here for hours and it sounds as if an enormous amount of work continues to be done. It also sounds as if it is good, multi-agency work, which we do not always have conversations about in the committee when it comes to healthcare. I wish to ask a question I asked previously again. Mr. Sullivan stated, "The number of medical devices that will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Brexit Preparations Update: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Does that apply across the health service?

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

Stephen Donnelly: It is agreed, but I wish to ask a procedural question. I wish to discuss one issue that is not contained in an individual section. Could I ask your advice, Chairman, on when is the time to discuss that with the Minister of State?

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

Stephen Donnelly: Thank you, Chairman. I acknowledge the Minister of State, Deputy Daly's decision not to run again. The next Dáil will be one good person down, if he were to be re-elected. I know it can be very difficult but I acknowledge that the Minister of State is a fine parliamentarian and has done an exemplary job. He has done himself, his family, his party and his constituents very proud in...

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

Stephen Donnelly: I would like to get the Minister of State's thoughts on whether the Bill is Brexit-proofed. We have a lot of excellent healthcare professionals here who have been trained in the UK. They may be Irish citizens who have trained and have come back or they may be UK citizens but they hold UK qualifications recognised here, or in some cases perhaps not recognised here. Post Brexit, what is the...

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

Stephen Donnelly: I wish to ask about amendment No. 3 where it states: "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". In medicine, concerns have been consistently raised with me suggesting that the examination bar the State has set for doctors is not adequate and that in some cases we are taking in...

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

Stephen Donnelly: Are dentists from other EU countries asked to pass any additional examinations or must they do oral examinations? Is there any additional testing or is it simply assumed that they are the equivalent of a dentist graduating from a dentistry school in Ireland?