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Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Identifiers Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2014)

James Reilly: I reiterate that when a person attends a health care giver or health service provider the provider will have a number as well as access to the register and can feed numbers into the register. If a person does not have an IHI it can be organised there and then to give him a number. It is not intended that people would have a card. Anyone can get his IHI from the HSE or its successor if he...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Identifiers Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2014)

James Reilly: I know that we can all have a reputation for being difficult. I do not believe for one moment that the Deputy is being difficult. I appreciate that he has a duty of care to the people who elected him to reassure them and I am delighted to have the opportunity to do so for the people who elected me. The only value in this from a researcher's point of view would be to be assured they have...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Identifiers Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2014)

James Reilly: I have no issue with that. My officials will certainly look at it again but I think they have closed it off. I reiterate that just because one gets approval to look at the individual health identifiers one still needs the patients' consent to use their medical data. There is no medical data on individual health identifiers register; it is purely an identification register. We will...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Identifiers Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2014)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 4: In page 10, to delete lines 25 and 26 and substitute the following:"(g) any-(i) processing of relevant information (individuals) required to protect or prevent injury or other damage to the health or safety of an individual, (ii) processing of relevant information (individuals) required by or under an enactment, rule of law or equity or order of a court, (iii)...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Identifiers Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2014)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 5: In page 10, line 30, to delete "section 3(4)and (5)" and substitute "section 3(5)and (8)".

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Identifiers Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2014)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 6: In page 11, line 3, to delete "The Minister shall not" and substitute "Subject to subsection (9),the Minister shall not".

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Identifiers Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2014)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 7: In page 11, to delete lines 8 to 19 and substitute the following:"(4) Subject to subsection (9),the Minister shall not prescribe a processing of relevant information (individuals) relating to health for the purposes ofsubparagraph (iv)of paragraph (g)of the definition of "secondary purpose" in section 2(1)unless he or she is satisfied that it is in the public interest...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Identifiers Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2014)

James Reilly: The words that the Deputy seeks to delete could send the wrong signal about the purpose of the Bill. It is purely and simply an identifier, nothing else, and it is critically important to be clear on that point. The other issue that has been raised is for another day. The purpose of this Health Identifiers Bill is to put in place a legislative framework for the individual health...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Identifiers Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2014)

James Reilly: I appreciate what the Deputy and Chairman have said. I, too, have a concern about the matter which I have been very clear about and that is why we ran it by the Data Protection Commissioner. I do not want to mention names but recently we had a very sad case concerning somebody who passed away. People will know who I am talking about. It has turned out that 113 people listed with the...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Identifiers Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2014)

James Reilly: I thank the committee and apologise for delaying the meeting. I thank Deputies for their support of the Bill on Second Stage and for some very positive suggestions.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Identifiers Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2014)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 1: In page 6, line 5, to delete “section 3(3) and (5)” and substitute “section 3(3) and (8)".There is a significant amount of cross referencing involved in the amendments. Accordingly, I propose to take the following legal and consequential amendments together, amendments Nos. 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7. Amendments Nos. 1, 2 and 5 arise from the renumbering...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Identifiers Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2014)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 2: In page 8, line 16, to delete “section 3(5)” and substitute “section 3(8)".

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Identifiers Bill 2013: Committee Stage (1 May 2014)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 3: In page 10, to delete lines 19 and 20 and substitute the following:“(d) the carrying out of health research that is the subject of a research ethics approval (or any cognate expression) under an enactment or European act prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph,”.The Bill provides that the IHI and its related identifying particulars - called relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (1 May 2014)

James Reilly: As the issue raised by the Deputy relates to an individual case, this is a service matter for the Health Service Executive. I have asked the HSE to look into the particular matter raised and to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 May 2014)

James Reilly: The HSE and the Department of Education and Skills continue to provide a range of services and supports to individuals diagnosed with narcolepsy following pandemic vaccination regardless of age, on an ex gratiabasis. These services and supports which are co-ordinated by the HSE National Advocacy Unit are intended to provide that individuals receive tailored assistance to address their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (1 May 2014)

James Reilly: The information sought by the Deputy is not readily available. However, I have asked the Health Service Executive to supply this information to me and I will forward it to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (1 May 2014)

James Reilly: BowelScreen, the National Bowel Screening Programme, uses a faecal immunochemical test (FIT) as its primary screening tool. It is one of the first population-based bowel screening programmes internationally to utilise this test as the primary screening tool. One sample has been proven to be sufficient under FIT and this approach is also likely to maximise uptake. The NHS UK screening...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Status (1 May 2014)

James Reilly: The new children's hospital is a commitment in the Programme for Government and is a priority for me and for this Government. The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board is responsible for delivering the new hospital on schedule, to optimal design and value for money. The Board’s membership reflects the skills and expertise required to achieve that, including construction,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Health Insurance Provision (1 May 2014)

James Reilly: The Government has embarked on a major reform programme for the health system, the aim of which is to deliver a single-tier health service, supported by universal health insurance, where access is based on need, not income. The White Paper on Universal Health Insurance(UHI) published on 2nd April 2014 provides detailed information on the UHI model for Ireland, the process for determining...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (1 May 2014)

James Reilly: The HSE advises that patients with a new diagnosis of breast cancer in all breast cancer clinics are informed of their diagnosis and of any necessary follow up treatment such as surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Beaumont Hospital has confirmed that, in line with other speciality areas, patients attending the breast clinic do not receive written notification of their diagnosis...