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Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Health Service Executive (HSE) holds responsibility for the provision, along with the maintenance and operation of Primary Care Centres, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Deputy may be aware, management and administrative grade staff in the Fórsa union in the HSE commenced industrial action on Friday 6th October. As a consequence...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The Government is committed to providing accessible and affordable health care. The Department of Social Protection administer the Supplementary Welfare Allowance (SWA) Scheme and the Fuel Allowance, which may assist individuals in meeting the costs associated with operating medical devices. Further information on these can be found, respectively, at:...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (9 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As this is an operational matter, I referred this question to the HSE for answer. Additionally, the Deputy may be aware, management and administrative grade staff in the Fórsa union in the HSE commenced industrial action on Friday 6th October. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in these grades are not engaging with political forums or processes. As a result, the question...

Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy and fully agree with his intent. The issue is that there is a belief that a small number of retailers are using the pricing list as a proxy for advertising. It is covered in other legislation. It is an enforcement question. I am happy to provide the Deputy with a note in that regard.

Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy very much. I acknowledge again the very detailed and valuable work the health committee did in pre-legislative scrutiny on this. There are 22 recommendations in the committee's report. While very important, 11 of the 22 are not really legislative recommendations. For example, commissioning further research, increasing funding for quit services, communicating the harms...

Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I think the Deputy and I are broadly in agreement on what needs to happen. The EU process is not about notifying the EU of our intention to legislate. We must notify it that we are legislating and that this is the draft legislation so it can look at it. We are going to do that as soon as we have the draft legislation. I expect we will all be broadly agreed on what we are doing with that...

Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The public consultation will conclude at the end of this year. We will then move very quickly to drafting. I would like to have a draft for colleagues to look at in March. We have to notify the EU then. There are several months' work involved in that, and then we will move through the House very quickly. I do not want to pre-empt what comes out of the public consultation, but I am on...

Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Deputy Cullinane, I think, missed the excitement on Committee Stage.

Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I think he was not available and his colleague came in. There was a lively exchange. The result is that Deputy Shortall's amendment is staying in the Bill. We are not seeking to remove it. It was Deputy Shortall's amendment and it was voted through on Committee Stage. We are proposing to leave it in there. Deputy Shortall has made the point that she feels 24 months is too long. The...

Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 63: In page 62, after line 41, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 33B of Act of 1962 57. Section 33B of the Act of 1962 is amended by the deletion of subsection (1).”.

Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 64: In page 63, to delete lines 3 to 43, to delete page 64, and in page 65, to delete lines 1 to 7 and substitute the following: “ “Authorisation for final management of material removed from body of deceased person 33F.(1) Where— (a) a post-mortem examination of a deceased person has taken place in a hospital or relevant...

Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 65: In page 70, to delete lines 35 to 40, and in page 71, to delete lines 1 to 7 and substitute the following: “(4) Upon receipt of an application for a licence under this section, the Medical Council shall— (a) in the case of an applicant institution in respect of which more than 2 years has elapsed since an inspection was last carried out on the...

Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 66: In page 103, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “Amendment of Health Act 2004 100. The Health Act 2004 is amended, in section 55G, by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a): “(a) an authorised person appointed by the Health Information and Quality Authority in accordance with section 70 of the...

Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Now.

Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank colleagues for their contribution this evening and for the broad support across the House for this important legislation. It is legislation that has been long promised and long fought for, both by people here within the Oireachtas and obviously by patients and patient advocacy groups as well. Thanks to getting the Bill through this evening we are close to the end of the Bill and we...

Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 54: In page 61, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1962 56. Section 2 of the Act of 1962 is amended by— (a) the insertion of the following definitions: “ ‘Act of 2023’ means the Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Act...

Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: Yes.

Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank colleagues for their support on this. I fully agree that things happened in the past which should never have happened. These amendments and this legislation will put that to bed. This puts the families front and centre in what they want in terms of mandated communications with them, right through the process, not just respecting their wishes but making sure their wishes are front...

Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 55: In page 61, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “ “(2A) A registered medical practitioner may, when carrying out a post-mortem examination in accordance with subsection (1), be assisted (whether by way of technical or clinical assistance) in carrying out such examination by an appropriately qualified healthcare professional...

Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 56: In page 61, line 33, to delete “(2A) A registered” and substitute “(2B) A registered”.