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Select Committee on Health: Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 22: In page 38, to delete line 6 and substitute the following: “(g) the statement referred to in section 22(5),”.

Select Committee on Health: Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 23: In page 38, line 9, to delete “section 23(7).” and substitute “section 23(7), and”.

Select Committee on Health: Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 24: In page 38, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(i) a record of a request (if any) referred to in section 17(4)or section 21(9).”.

Select Committee on Health: Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I looked carefully at this proposal to see its implications because I appreciate what the Deputy is seeking to achieve, namely, to provide flexibility in regard to the ability to change the system. There are a few issues to consider, one of which relates to how the current system is going. The reports that have come back are good. The Deputy rightly referenced the HIQA review of May of...

Select Committee on Health: Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: There has been engagement since the report was published In 2021. This year, it was meant to meet earlier but could not due to Covid.

Select Committee on Health: Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: There is a multi-stakeholder group, which includes representatives of the HSE, HIQA, the Mental Health Commission, the State Claims Agency and the Department of Health. It will reconvene later this week to conclude the work. I will ask the Department to send a note to the committee on the status of that work. The short answer is that HIQA has basically said this is the right way to go but...

Select Committee on Health: Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: That is not a problem.

Select Committee on Health: Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: We are striving to make the period as short as possible by ensuring the health providers have enough time to do all of the work required. The providers must comply with some serious obligations. There was extensive discussion with health service providers on this matter. The issues raised included staffing over weekends, people being off, shift work and so on. In order that all those who...

Select Committee on Health: Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I am very happy to include that in the letter.

Select Committee on Health: Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I fully agree. I checked the position and the issue is already covered. It is wider than HIQA. Section 32(2) provides that any relevant body can use the information provided under this section provided it is relevant to the performance of its functions. I fully agree with the Deputy's position but the advice I have is that this matter is covered already.

Select Committee on Health: Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 35: In page 44, to delete lines 10 and 11 and substitute the following: “ “aggregated information”, in relation to data, means data obtained from a clinical audit which excludes information that identifies or could reasonably lead to the identification of a person in that clinical audit;”. This is a technical amendment to correct the...

Select Committee on Health: Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 36: In page 49, line 21, to delete “service provider” and substitute “a service provider”.

Select Committee on Health: Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 37: In page 50, lines 17 and 18, to delete “of the services” and substitute “of any of the services”. I will speak to amendments Nos. 37 to 41, inclusive. I am introducing an amendment to section 9 of the Health Act 2007 to clarify and strengthen the powers to direct an investigation into Ireland's health and social services by the Health...

Select Committee on Health: Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 38: In page 50, line 20, to delete “and”.

Select Committee on Health: Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 39: In page 50, to delete lines 21 to 29 and substitute the following: “(ii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a): “(a) there may be a serious risk— (i) to the health or welfare of a person receiving those services, or (ii) of a failure to comply with the provisions of the Act of 2013, notwithstanding that such a...

Select Committee on Health: Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 40: In page 50, to delete lines 33 and 34 and substitute the following: “(c) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2): “(2) The Minister may, if he or she believes on reasonable grounds that— (a) there may be a serious risk of the kind mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (1), notwithstanding that such a risk may...

Select Committee on Health: Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 41: In page 50, to delete lines 35 to 37 and substitute the following: “(d) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2A): “(2A) The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs may, if he or she believes on reasonable grounds that— (a) there may be a serious risk of the kind mentioned in paragraph (a)(i) of subsection (1),...

Select Committee on Health: Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 42: In page 53, to delete lines 6 and 7 and substitute the following: “(2) A report prepared under subsection (1) may include information on— (a) the monitoring of compliance with standards under section 8(1)(c), and (b) any investigation carried out under section 9.”. Amendments Nos. 42 to 45, inclusive, relate to the publishing of...

Select Committee on Health: Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: I agree; I think there is an issue. We should always err on the side of transparency. Obviously, we must protect individuals. Many of these reports are very sensitive but that can be done largely through redaction and anonymisation. I am not comfortable with important reports that have a public interest not being published as soon as possible. These amendments help and would speak to...

Select Committee on Health: Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Mar 2022)

Stephen Donnelly: That is no problem at all.