Results 281-300 of 390 for data protection speaker:Stephen Donnelly

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Electronic Cigarettes (8 Dec 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...effect is also prohibited. The Programme for Government also includes a commitment to curb the advertising of nicotine-inhaling products near schools, on public transport and in cinemas. The protection of children is at the heart of Tobacco Free Ireland, Ireland’s current tobacco control policy. Measures including the workplace smoking ban in 2004 which brought an end to smoking...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Protection (3 Dec 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: My Department has not been the subject of a specific investigation by the Data Protection Commission from 2016 to date. My Department has responded to inquiries from the Data Protection Commission into complaints from data subjects during this period. My Department is committed to protecting the rights and privacy of data subjects and adhering to obligations under data protection legislation.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Dec 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...out Ireland's approach to managing and living with COVID-19, in a range of areas, over a period of 6 – 9 months. The Plan aims to allow society and businesses to operate as normally as possible, while protecting our key priorities of supporting and maintaining health and social care services, keeping education and childcare services open and protecting the most vulnerable members of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Public Health Emergency Team (1 Dec 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...how best to utilise resource to meet expected demand. 4. To monitor and model the geospatial characteristics of the outbreak in Ireland. 5. Oversee the development of and reporting from a central COVID-19 data repository hosted by CSO (Central Statistics Office) and OSI (Ordinance Survey Ireland). 6. To collaborate with colleagues in Northern Ireland in support of the agreed programme...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: On 25 November 2020 the Central Statistics Office (CSO) published the ‘Analysis of Underlying Cause of Death Data, Including COVID-19 report ‘as a new publication in their frontier series. () This publication is based on deaths registered with the General Registrar’s Office (GRO) and notified to the CSO for the period of January to October 2020. The findings of the CSO...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Since the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) met for the first time, a commitment was given to collect and publish as much relevant data as possible while ensuring individual patient confidentiality is maintained at all times. While the nature and scale of the COVID-19 pandemic has been unprecedented, the collection of timely and comprehensive data has been instrumental in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...to the pandemic in a way that is fair, reasonable and proportionate. I would like to assure you that measures such as this are aimed at limiting the spread and damage of COVID-19, and are necessary to protect our key priorities of supporting and maintaining health and social care services, keeping education and childcare services open and protecting the most vulnerable members of our...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...on what public health measures will apply to international arrivals. All passengers continue to be legally required to complete a COVID-19 Passenger Locator Form. With regards to sharing passenger locator data with counterparts in Northern Ireland, I am supportive of work towards finding an appropriate legal and data protection structure to facilitate this and officials from my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: Since the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) met for the first time, a commitment was given to collect and publish as much relevant data as possible while ensuring individual patient confidentiality is maintained at all times. While the nature and scale of the COVID-19 pandemic has been unprecedented, the collection of timely and comprehensive data has been instrumental in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...must remain closed, with take-away food and drink only, or delivery. I would like to assure you that measures such as this are aimed at limiting the spread and damage of COVID-19, and are necessary to protect our key priorities of supporting and maintaining health and social care services, keeping education and childcare services open and protecting the most vulnerable members of our...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff (24 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Data Protection Officer at the Department of Health is employed at the grade of Assistant Principal.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: My Department continues to welcome and consider international research and evidence surrounding COVID-19 and immune protection. Recent national research carried out by The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) regarding Vitamin D deficiency and implications for immune protection for Covid-19 was published in April, 2020. Rates of deficiency within the older population at different ages...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...for the Government. It is important to recognise that many vital services have continued throughout the pandemic, ensuring that priority care needs were addressed and the most vulnerable protected even at the height of this crisis The HSE published its Strategic Framework for Delivery of Service Continuity in a COVID Environment (June 2020). This ensures that services are restored...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...-harm. The Deputy will appreciate, in current circumstances, that it may take some time to review such correspondence. I have instructed my officials to carry out this work, in compliance with data protection requirements. and to forward all relevant documents to the Deputy. There are anecdotal reports of increased acute hospital admissions from suicide attempts, compared to the...

Seanad: Living with Covid-19 Restrictions: Statements (10 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...contact with one another enabling the virus to move from one person to another. So for now, the public health advice is essentially for each of us to act and behave as if we are a close contact to protect those around us from infection.For now, we must all act like a close contact to protect those around us from infection. The HSE has worked intensively over the past number of months to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...other household in an outdoor setting which is not a home or garden, such as a park, including for the purpose of exercise. It is appreciated that these measures are difficult, but they have been put in place to protect public health. You may wish to note that recreational hunting is not among the exemptions provided for under the current regulations - the Health Act 1947 (Section 31A -...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...reproduction number (Re) or time-dependent reproduction number (Rt) are published on the Department of Health website I would also draw your attention to the CSO website for access to a range of data relating to Covid-19 including data on confirmed COVID-19 cases linked to sporting activity/fitness outbreaks. This is available on the CSO Covid-19 Information Hub at...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...is an expansion of the workforce. I have sanctioned a doubling of the workforce. We are working through exactly how that might be deployed. There are public health doctors, public health nurses, data specialists and scientists. The Health Protection Surveillance Centre, HPSC, is looking for them as well. Like the Deputy, I want to pay tribute to our public health doctors. They...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: The Health Protection Surveillance Centre and the HSE provides my Department with all relevant Covid-19 statistical data such as that referred to by the Deputy. These data are presented in a variety of formats as required to inform the work of the Department.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Protection (3 Nov 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: There were two personal data breaches reported within my Department in 2019. The breaches were dealt with in accordance with the GDPR and the Department of Health Breach Management Policy. Following risk assessments, the breaches were not notified to the Data Protection Commission. All personal data breach incidents are reviewed to prevent reoccurrence and recorded in the...