Results 861-880 of 7,412 for speaker:Neasa Hourigan
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (29 Apr 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: 120. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to mental health reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22413/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (5 May 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: 598. To ask the Minister for Health the current wording used in HSE administrative and patient forms provided to guardians of children, adult patients and advocates of adults with disabilities on the sharing of personal information with other services and Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23000/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (5 May 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: 629. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the human tissue (transplantation, post-mortem, anatomical examination and public display) Bill; the legislative timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23156/21]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: I will try my best to keep within the time limit.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: Many points have been covered by other Deputies. I want to concentrate on the due diligence that the Department would have undertaken around the legality of this. We have talked about RTÉ, but obviously this was a conversation that was happening within the Department itself. I am trying to understand how it got to the stage of commissioning the senior counsel's report. Was it the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: Were the questions raised by that review significant enough to necessitate a senior counsel's report?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: Did the Department ever seek the legal advice of an expert in data collection or seek a senior counsel who had expertise in that area?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: I do not want to go through the resumé of the senior counsel. That is unfair because he is not here. I have actually done that myself and data protection law is not listed as one of his areas of expertise.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: That touches on my next question. Was the advice sought from the Office of the Attorney General on one occasion? Did the Office of the Attorney General conduct one review for the Department, or was it an ongoing dialogue?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: It has been said today that there has been no wrongdoing, that completely correct practice was followed and that it is a long-standing practice, which I must say is different from it being a correct practice. Therefore, the Department has stressed that it has broken no laws and finds no wrongdoing. Based on that, is it fair to assume that the practice, as outlined, continues to be employed...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: If Mr. Watt does not mind, I probably only have one minute left.-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: I am speaking to what Mr. Watt is speaking to. Mr. Watt has made that point several times today, and has also said things like there is an implication here that something untoward was happening and it is absolutely not the case. With the greatest respect, until the Data Protection Commissioner decides that, Mr. Watt cannot possibly know that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: Those are legal issues. Data protection is also a legal issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: As Deputy Shortall asked, does the Department make any differentiation between live or imminent cases and dormant cases in its approach to data collection?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: So there is no cut-off point, for example after five or ten years, after which it is decided that a case is not going to be pursued. The Department continues to gather information.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: Even when a child ages out, the Department continues to gather information.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: I am finished.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 May 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: 163. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Protection Surveillance Centre plans to resume its reporting on underlying conditions in confirmed cases of Covid-19. [23316/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (11 May 2021)
Neasa Hourigan: 941. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allow pharmacies to administer the HPV vaccine considering the drop in HPV vaccination rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24702/21]