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Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Protection (3 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I assume when the Deputy refers to the Covid-19 tracker application she is referring to Covid Tracker App (the app that is used on peoples smartphones). The Covid Tracker App was designed with privacy at its core with minimum data stored within the app itself. This data is stored within the phone and only released to the HSE if (a) the user received a close contact alert and (b) the user...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Amendment Bill, which gives effect to the Government Decision on mandatory quarantine at designated facilities, has been prioritised. The operationalisation of designated quarantine facilities, including location of same, is a complex issue which is currently being advanced on a cross-departmental basis as a matter of priority. The Government is presently focused on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (3 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1007 to 1010, inclusive, together. As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Collection (3 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Since the Data Protection Act 2018 (section 36(2)) (Health Research) Regulations (SI 314 of 2018) were made in August 2018, my Department has engaged widely and publicly on the amendments that have now been set out in SI 18 of 2021. It had due regard to all the views put forward which came from a range of groups and individuals, including groups like the Medical Research Charities Group which...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Collection (3 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1013 to 1016, inclusive, together. The Health Research Regulations, which are derived from GDPR and are made under the Data Protection Act 2018, apply where there is processing of personal data for health research purposes. Where the health research does not involve, give rise to or become associated with personal data the Regulations, the Act and GDPR do...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Collection (3 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Research Regulations include explicit consent as a safeguard when an individual’s personal data is being processed for health research. However, before health research can be carried out it is invariably critical to establish whether there would be enough potential suitable or eligible research participants for the study to proceed. It seems reasonable to allow that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Safety Regulations (3 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Research Regulations 2018 and the amendments thereto were drafted in the Office of the Attorney General and are publicly available on the electronic Irish Statute Book (eISB) atwww.irishstatutebook.ie. I have no plans, at the present time, to prepare a composite version.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: My Department does not hold the information requested. The COVID-19 Passenger Locator form is used for public health engagement with arriving passengers for the purposes of contact tracing and to issue targeted public health messages via SMS, rather than a record of passenger arrivals into the country.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (3 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: It was originally intended to provide for safe access to termination of pregnancy services in the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018. However, a number of legal issues were identified which necessitated further consideration. Since services under the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 commenced in January 2019, there has been a limited number of...

Road Traffic (Amendment) (Personal Light Electric Vehicles) Bill 2021: First Stage (4 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: No.

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out Programme: Statements (4 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I welcome the opportunity to discuss the vaccine roll-out with the House. By the end of this week, approximately 500,000 vaccine doses will have been administered. Our aim has been and remains to administer vaccines as they arrive into the country, while maintaining a small buffer to ensure people get their second dose as scheduled. This aim is being met. At the start of this week, we...

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out Programme: Statements (4 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank Deputy Cullinane for the question and for his remarks. The information I have is that a very small number of EU countries are looking at going outside the EU process. The Deputy referenced Hungary, for example. My understanding is that they have elected to use a vaccine that has not been authorised by the European Medicines Agency, EMA. I would hope one thing we would all agree on...

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out Programme: Statements (4 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I certainly can commit to talking to the task force and the HSE about this. If I may, I will respectfully push back a little here. I take Deputy Cullinane's point. He is asking about supply coming in and we will look at that. In terms of the doses administered, in fairness to the people who are running the programme, the House asked for weekly numbers and then daily numbers. I committed...

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out Programme: Statements (4 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy for that. On his previous point, I am publishing right now for the Oireachtas the deliveries to date so that, by the end of or even during this session, the latest figures, I believe for the start of this week, will be available. I certainly would like to see that published weekly for the very reasons given by the Deputy. As to the GPs, there are approximately 1,300...

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out Programme: Statements (4 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy. The target for the first dose for the over-85s was for the vast majority of them to have been done by the end of this week. There are a small number of GP practices, for the reasons I have just given, which did not receive their deliveries this week, and they will get them next week. On the point, which the Deputy has raised before, about people who are housebound,...

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out Programme: Statements (4 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy. Yes is the answer. We have a provisional schedule week by week for all of the vaccines. The problem, as we are all becoming painfully aware, is that while the schedules for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have broadly come on time - there were one or two changes to the Pfizer schedule which we got at late notice, but by and large they have been coming in on time - there...