Results 1-20 of 398 for data protection speaker:Stephen Donnelly

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (22 Jan 2025)

Stephen Donnelly: The Department of Health does not produce estimates of excess mortality. However, the Department works closely with the HSE-Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) and other stakeholders to monitor estimates of excess mortality. Excess mortality is a term used in epidemiology and public health that refers to the number of deaths from all causes during a period of time above and beyond...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Protection (16 Oct 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: My Department is committed to protecting the rights and privacy of data subjects and adhering to obligations as a data controller under data protection legislation.  The Department deals with personal data breaches in line with the Department of Health’s Data Breach Management Policy.  All personal data breaches are assessed on a case-by-case basis.  Once a potential...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (8 Oct 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: The European Health Data Space (EHDS) Regulation, which is planned for publication in Q4 2024, will establish EU legislation governing the use and re-use of electronic health information in EU Member States for primary purposes (patient care and treatment) and secondary purposes (research and innovation, policy making, education and training). I welcome the forthcoming Regulation as a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (3 Oct 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 179 and 180 together. As the Deputy will be aware, CORU is Ireland’s independent, multi-profession regulator whose role is to protect the public by promoting high standards of professional conduct, education, training and competence through statutory registration of health and social care professionals. Because of its statutory obligation to...

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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (9 Jul 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...modelling project with Australia’s Daffodil Centre, a leading cancer control and policy research centre. The modelling project used HPV vaccination rates, screening coverage, and population data from Ireland. The HPV vaccination for boys and girls represents a significant breakthrough in our road to elimination. Ireland was among the first countries to introduce HPV vaccination...

Written Answers — Department of Health: European Council (9 Jul 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...becomes exposed to HPV infection. Therefore, the gender-neutral HPV vaccination programme, in line with NIAC advice, targets all girls and boys in first year of secondary school to provide maximum coverage and protection. Ireland recently ran a targeted HPV vaccination catch-up programme. The Laura Brennan HPV vaccination catch up programme commenced in late 2022 and ran until December...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (9 Jul 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...becomes exposed to HPV infection. Therefore, the gender-neutral HPV vaccination programme, in line with NIAC advice, targets all girls and boys in first year of secondary school to provide maximum coverage and protection. Ireland recently ran a targeted HPV vaccination catch-up programme. The Laura Brennan HPV vaccination catch up programme commenced in late 2022 and ran until...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Register (23 Apr 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...676 to 678, inclusive, together. As the Deputy will already be aware, CORU is Ireland's multi-profession health regulator for regulating health and social care professionals. CORU’s role is to protect the public by regulating the health and social care professions designated under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (as amended), including setting the standards that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (9 Apr 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: .... As you will be aware the ages at which vaccines are recommended in the immunisation schedule are chosen by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) in order to give each child the best possible protection against vaccine preventable diseases. As the HPV vaccine is preventative, it is intended to be administered, if possible, before a person becomes exposed to HPV infection....

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Directives (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ..., available medicines, while maintaining the competitiveness of the EU pharma industry sector, combating antimicrobial resistance, and providing for compliance measures which reinforce environmental protections (the ‘3 A’s and 3C’s’). Ireland is currently deliberating these legislative proposals with national stakeholders to inform the national position. My...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ..., available medicines, while maintaining the competitiveness of the EU pharma industry sector, combating antimicrobial resistance, and providing for compliance measures which reinforce environmental protections ( the ‘3 A’s and 3C’s’). Ireland is currently deliberating these legislative proposals with national stakeholders to inform the national position. My...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ..., available medicines, while maintaining the competitiveness of the EU pharma industry sector, combating antimicrobial resistance, and providing for compliance measures which reinforce environmental protections (the ‘3 A’s and 3C’s’). Ireland is currently deliberating these legislative proposals with national stakeholders to inform the national position. My...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (13 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...what would be expected for an authorised medicine. There appears to be a significant gap between the public perception of effectiveness and safety, and the regulatory requirement for scientific data which is mandatory to determine the role of cannabis as a medicine. Any proposal to circumvent the medicines regulatory system, established by law, would require careful consideration, so as to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (23 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: My Department shares data with other Departments and state bodies to deliver official functions and meet obligations provided for in various legislation. This data sharing can involve aggregated and/or individual-level information. Data protection law covers situations in which personal data of an individual is processed. Personal data is only shared or an aggregate or individual level...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (18 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: In it’s 2017 publication “Cannabis for Medical Use – A Scientific Review” the Health Products Regulatory Authority found that at that timeThere was an absence of scientific data demonstrating the effectiveness (efficacy) of cannabis products. The safety of cannabis as a medical treatment is not well characterised.There was insufficient information on its safety...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (18 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...HSE and Lead Agencies to provide assessments. The Roadmap for Services launched in October will be examining the matter of AON from a wider perspective than what has happened to date, with the future development of solutions to the challenges of AON taking account of all stakeholder input, including that of families. Department of Social Protection Enhanced State Pension Provision for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...HSE and Lead Agencies to provide assessments. The Roadmap for Services launched in October will be examining the matter of AON from a wider perspective than what has happened to date, with the future development of solutions to the challenges of AON taking account of all stakeholder input, including that of families. Department of Social Protection Enhanced State Pension Provision for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (17 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: The formalisation of data sharing arrangements was introduced by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Data Protection Act 2018, and was supplemented by the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019, with the commencement of final sections of that Act coming into effect on 16th December 2022. A schedule of personal or person-specific data is therefore not available for the last 20...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Jan 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...EMA) and authorisation for use by the European Commission, the NIAC develops and disseminates the Immunisation Guidelines for Ireland and advocates for best immunisation practices. The NIAC review data relating to vaccines on a rolling basis. According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) COVID-19 vaccines licensed for use in the EU/EEA were evaluated in...