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Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: The concern is that if the role of the audit committee is to provide independent auditing advice and financial feedback on the performance of the board, typically one would not have members auditing themselves.

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I do not know but it feels unbalanced.

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: No, the chairman would be one of the four external members so it would be three ordinary members and the chairman.

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: My concern is that typically an audit committee does not audit itself. If half the members of the audit committee are on the board of the HSE, the board is advising itself. The Bill provides that the board may at any time remove a member of the audit committee. Perhaps I have got this wrong. Maybe the audit committee is not meant to provide independent advice or feedback to the board, but...

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: Well, it does really.

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: In terms of the role of the audit committee, the first function is to "advise the chief executive officer on financial matters relating to his or her functions". The second is to "advise the Board on financial matters relating to its functions". If the audit committee is essentially a sub-committee of the board where it can also bring on-----

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: No, not board members. The board members are there, but it is a sub-committee of the board which can bring on additional expertise. Let us say it wants to avail of the services of actuaries or corporate lawyers, that is okay. We already have a board and the board is talking to the chief executive all the time. Essentially, the board's job is to hold the chief executive to account and to...

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: We will not split hairs about whether it is financial advice or advice on financial matters. I think we are dancing on the head of a pin if we were to do that. Is the audit committee essentially meant to provide a level of advice on financial matters and governance matters, as laid out here, independently of the board or as a subfunction of the board?

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Minister of State.

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: There are a few technical notes to be provided. One was on indictable offences.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (19 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 340. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the commencement of the compassionate access programme for patients that require treatment with medicinal cannabis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7779/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (19 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 341. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the granting of importation licences for medicinal cannabis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7780/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (19 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 342. To ask the Minister for Health if there are changes in circumstances envisioned for patients already granted licences for medicinal cannabis when the compassionate access programme is commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7781/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: International Agreements (19 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 397. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland's full participation in the four pillars of the BeNeLuxA collaboration, including information sharing, horizon scanning, joint assessment and joint pricing and reimbursement, will require amendments to existing national legislation or statutory instruments. [8125/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: International Agreements (19 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 398. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to undertake a regulatory impact assessment and-or a cost-benefit analysis of Ireland's participation in the BeNeLuxA initiative. [8126/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: International Agreements (19 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 399. To ask the Minister for Health if his officials have engaged with officials from other member states on the establishment of the international horizon scanning initiative; the status of progress; and if Ireland will be a participant in the initiative. [8127/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: International Agreements (19 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 400. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the fiduciary duties of directors of Irish registered legal entities that are wholly owned subsidiaries under the Companies Act 2014 may preclude these companies from engaging in joint pricing and reimbursement negotiations that may occur as part of the BeNeLuxA collaboration; and his views on whether this could be a barrier to Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (19 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 437. To ask the Minister for Health when an action plan to implement Sláintecare will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8335/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (19 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 439. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the introduction of legislation to ensure safe access to premises in which termination of pregnancy services may be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8365/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (19 Feb 2019)

Stephen Donnelly: 440. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 24 January 2019, the number of persons waiting for orthodontic treatment by time periods (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8366/19]