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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (10 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I remind members that the report on end-of-life care will be launched at noon on Tuesday, 15 July, in the audiovisual room. The interim report on the review of medical training and career structure, the MacCraith review, has been sent to members. I thank the representatives of the Health Service Executive for attending and the work they do day in, day out for all of us. I also thank the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (15 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 686. To ask the Minister for Health in respect of the fair deal scheme, where a person's family home is rented out while the person is in long stay care, if it is the rental income or capital value of the home that is taken into account in assessing the contribution to be paid towards the person's care,; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31471/14]

Tributes on the Retirement of Members of Staff (16 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Martin had better start eating good food.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (16 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 288. To ask the Minister for Health regarding data protection in the context of expanding use of ICT in the health sector, his views on whether patients' personal information and health data should be treated differently to other data types; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31932/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (16 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 289. To ask the Minister for Health regarding data ownership, if his Department has considered the impact of different models of data ownership, for example, shared or pseudonymised, on the impact of research potential afforded by greater data collection with the expanding use of technology in the health sector. [31933/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (16 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 290. To ask the Minister for Health in the context of the proposed health information Bill, if measures will be implemented to ensure the accuracy of health data collected and the interoperability of such data in order to facilitate large scale research and studies into health and related matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31934/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (16 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 291. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the proposed health information Bill, if the collection of health data by the public and private sectors, particularly private companies offering mobile health applications, will be treated differently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31935/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (17 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: 715. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the group of experts reviewing the eligibility criteria for medical cards, if he will consider including representatives of or experts with knowledge of kidney disease and organ transplantation in the expert group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32724/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (17 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I remind members and people in the Visitors Gallery to switch off their mobile telephones as they interfere with the proceedings of the meeting. The subject of today's meeting is children and youth affairs and I welcome the new Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Reilly. He was before the committee only last week as Minister for Health, but his return is very welcome. I also...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (17 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Senator and will hand back over to the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (17 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: That is a matter for the Department of Health, not the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (17 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister, Mr. Breslin, Ms Hogan and Mr. Savage for attending. We wish the Minister well in his tenure. We hope he has a very successful time in the Department. We might discuss Senator van Turnhout's comment again in terms of how we can have engagement with the Child and Family Agency.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Section 38 and Section 39 Agencies: Health Service Executive (22 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I remind everybody present that mobile phones should be switched off for the duration of the meeting as they interfere with the broadcasting of our proceedings. I welcome viewers who are watching on UPC channel 207 and those who are watching live on the Oireachtas website. Today's meeting is our final committee meeting of the Dáil session. I welcome Mr. Denis McKenna who has joined...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Section 38 and Section 39 Agencies: Health Service Executive (22 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask Ms McGuinness to make her opening remarks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Section 38 and Section 39 Agencies: Health Service Executive (22 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: I will take speakers in groups of three so I will now revert to Ms McGuinness.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Section 38 and Section 39 Agencies: Health Service Executive (22 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: Why did it take so long for the information to come to light? Let us take the example of the HIQA investigation which brought the information to light, if it is as hands-on as Ms McGuinness suggests, how did we allow a situation to evolve where there was a piecemeal approach taken and suddenly we are in the middle of a crisis, which does nobody any good?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Section 38 and Section 39 Agencies: Health Service Executive (22 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: Is that small number 67?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Section 38 and Section 39 Agencies: Health Service Executive (22 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: What has been the response to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Section 38 and Section 39 Agencies: Health Service Executive (22 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: Mr. O'Brien referred to the non-standardised approach and he referred to the period prior to the establishment of the HSE. Prior to the establishment of the HSE, the health boards were the agents of the State. Who is culpable for allowing that non-standardised approach? As Deputy Ó Caoláin said, if only 47 organisations out of 143 have ceased and the internal audit review...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Section 38 and Section 39 Agencies: Health Service Executive (22 Jul 2014)

Jerry Buttimer: By the Department?