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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State is proposing to remove the wording on compliance with Article 9 of the GDPR. Special categories of personal data are being removed from the Bill’s provisions. Will he provide some reassurances in that respect?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: I share the concerns expressed by Deputy Jonathan O'Brien. In the Seanad the Minister of State committed to including special categories of data and amendments which would strengthen the Bill. However, his new amendments provide that they will not be included. He should return on Report Stage to provide greater reassurance on that point.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: I have looked at the amendments tabled by Deputies Wallace and Jonathan O'Brien. Deputy Jonatha O'Brien's says, "A public body may disclose personal data to another public body". The full wording suggests it would be done on a case by case basis.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: From the amendment as drafted, it appears that on each occasion express consent would be required. On the amendments which deal with consent, the Minister of State has given a reasonable explanation of the practical effect of such changes in the case of particular State agencies. It is incumbent on members to bring forward amendments to provide for an effective opt-out, where possible, but...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: If the Minister of State looks at the actual wording of amendment No. 4, he will see it reads, "A specified body may not make presentation of a public services card or access to a person’s public service identity the exclusive basis by which a person may verify their identity". That language gives flexibility to allow the public services card to be used where provision of an...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State mentioned existing contracts. Surely the legislation cannot be applied retrospectively to any existing framework or contract? If something has to be rolled over, the wording of the amendment is that they are subject to public competition. I am not sure how that would provide any specific directive with legislative consequences for the office of the Minister of State,...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: I share Deputy Jonathan O'Brien's concerns. If the Minister of State has concerns about the clarity of other legislation, he could amend the particular line he is proposing to delete to allow it to fall within existing procurement law. Simply deleting it is not the answer when we know that the current guidelines are soft. As Deputy Jonathan O'Brien mentioned, there are huge issues that...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Data (6 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance the average time for a complaint to be fully investigated and concluded by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsmen from the initial complaint to final decision; the number of complaints received and investigations completed in each of the past five years; if his attention has been drawn to the perceived lengthy delays to the complaints investigation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: Last week in the Dáil the Taoiseach mentioned his intention to change and amend the carbon tax. He seemed to defer to what this committee decides and its consensus. Can the Minister set out some provisional pathway for what he sees as the changes in this regard? The Minister said he started funding the climate action measures of the local authority regional offices in 2018. Does he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: I do not see it in the statement. The Minister might outline how much that was for. Is it for climate related measures only? How many years has that bond been issued for?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: I am sorry I have had to go in and out of the committee room. I may ask a couple of questions that were asked before. Before I go into the budgetary allocations, the Minister of State raised the issue of telehealth. What regulations is the Department preparing to oversee the roll-out of telehealthcare? We had the Minister for Health before us in recent weeks and, as we know, in an Irish...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: Yes.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: Has the Minister of State engaged with the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland about this?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: No. With respect, if a 14 year old were to present with psychosis, the care provision for them, because of a vacuum surrounding recruitment, should not be a screen. As Minister of State with responsibility for mental health, Deputy Daly's priority should be ensuring the Department fills the recruitment gaps in our hospital system and that we do not replace or dilute proper care provision in...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: I see it as a dilution of the commitment to recruitment and, therefore, we will agree to disagree. I still believe that face-to-face assessment is better for a 14 year old in the circumstances the Minister of State outlined. I am not sure how the full criteria can be met according to international guidelines, in the light of the information and communication technology guidelines, the...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

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Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: I was in the middle of asking my questions.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: Could I get an update on the budgetary allocation for the children's hospital? Has that capital allocation for that changed in the Estimates? On one level of the Sláintecare implementation strategy, the Minister of State has said there will be a complete split between public and private care, but on another level he has said there will be a problem in terms of a shortfall. There...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: Two weeks ago, the Minister for Health said at the committee that as part of the Sláintecare plan he was not legislating for hospital groups and that they would be changed.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 38 - Health (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018)

Jack Chambers: That is the problem. My concern is that we have spent four years establishing a system that is now going to be replaced and the Minister is not legislating for that. The Minister told the committee two or three weeks ago that the Department is not progressing legislation on hospital groups to provide for a legislative and administrative framework, and that Sláintecare takes precedence....