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Health Information Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I very much welcome this debate on the Health Information Bill, even if it does feel like Groundhog Day. This piece of legislation is of critical importance to digitising our health service, and we in the Social Democrats are very happy to support it. Over the years, multiple national policies have committed to delivering ehealth technologies. The promise to revolutionise our health...

Health Information Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2024)

Duncan Smith: We welcome this Bill, which is very long overdue and the purpose of which is to provide, among other things, a legal basis for the development and deployment of digital health records. The Minister admitted that we have lagged significantly behind the rest of Europe on this. The reality is that our people have not been getting the best care they could due to the paper-based nature of our...

Health Information Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: We support this Bill because it provides for digital health records. Digital transformation is essential to improve patient safety. We need to bring the health service into the 21st century in order to improve productivity, efficiency and value for money and properly hold the system to account. It is 2024, and the fact we do not have an integrated IT system across the HSE is a damning...

Health Information Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister will be very familiar with some of the commentary that has existed for years around the HSE and the health service. The kind of things one hears when in conversation with people is that there is too much administration, there are individuals with clipboards and things like that. Some of that commentary is unfair and maybe people do not necessarily understand that a person with...

Health Information Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: I am sharing time with my colleagues. Sinn Féin will support the Bill. This legislation provides, in the main, for digital health records. Digital transformation is essential to improve patient safety, bring the health service into the 21st century, improve productivity, efficiency and value for money, and to properly hold the system to account. Accessible patient records are at the...

Health Information Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2024)

Thomas Gould: It is important that we discuss this today. It is disappointing, however, that the Taoiseach, Deputy Harris, in his time as Minister for Health did nothing to sanction or secure funding for this. To be fair, Fianna Fáil has not been much better in health but at least this Bill is now being brought forward, towards the end of this Government. Will we see it passed in the light of day...

Health Information Bill 2024: Second Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Debate adjourned.

Visit of Chinese Delegation (25 Sep 2024)

Visit of Chinese Delegation (25 Sep 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome guests to our Public Gallery. I wish a céad míle fáilte to Yuan Shuhong, vice chair of the Constitution and Law Committee of the 14th National People's Congress and his committee members, who are meeting the justice committee as part of their visit to Ireland. A céad míle fáilte and I hope they enjoy their visit.

Visit of Chinese Delegation (25 Sep 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I welcome our distinguished guests as well. It is a great honour to have you all here.

Health Information Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2024)

Health Information Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2024)

Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."

Health Information Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: Part 2 of the Bill provides for the duty to share and contains sections 7 to 9, inclusive. Section 7 places a statutory duty on health service providers to share personal health data with other health services providers for the purposes of patient care and treatment. In keeping with data protection principles, such sharing must be necessary, relevant and proportionate. Section 8 introduces...

Health Information Bill 2024: Second Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Health Information Bill 2024: Second Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am very pleased to be here this afternoon to introduce the Health Information Bill 2024 to Dáil Éireann. The Bill may be very technical in nature. It is, however, a landmark piece of legislation and it is going to help transform the services that are provided to patients. This Bill is the legal foundation for one of the...

Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: First Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Is the Bill opposed?

Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: First Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Alan Dillon: The Government is not opposing the Bill.

Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: First Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: First Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Deputy McGrath may move that Second Stage be taken in Private Members' time.

Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: First Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."