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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Into the future - not in the current ten-year plan the Department is trying to create - I will take it from what the witnesses have said that HIQA has not met with them. No. Okay, thank you. Would it be possible to get a quick update on the expansion of cancer screening programmes? HIQA is tasked with looking at the age range eligibility for bowel screening and BreastCheck.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Could we get a timeline for that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Does it come to BreastCheck after that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Is that also a 15-month process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: That puts us into at least 2026 before any changes in that age eligibility standard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank Dr. Ryan. I now want to move into a different area. I am trying to get an understanding of the nature of some of the inspections. I am trying to understand. I have been trawling through HIQA reports, and I have also done so in the past for different issues, but now I am trying to understand the quality assurance aspect as it relates to procurement within HIQA inspections,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: As Mr. Egan has said, HIQA is tasked with governance and management arrangements in terms of its inspections. Could Mr. Egan outline for me, or characterise for me somehow, what he means by specific issues? That would imply that where issues are highlighted or raised already, HIQA undertakes a review of procurement or quality assurance. I have been through this in a previous life with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: How is HIQA evaluating risk in relation to procurement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Could Mr. Egan outline what that looks like for me? I am sorry to be a bit naive about it. Could Mr. Egan explain to me what that looks like on the ground when the inspector walks into a hospital and wants to look at procurement? I am presuming that even on things that are low risk - Mr. Egan has said that procurement is not low risk - just to understand or evaluate the risk level one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I am sorry that I am almost at the end of my time. Will Mr. Egan outline for me in the context of what we have just discussed, the relationship between what HIQA inspects and what the Health Products Regulatory Authority, HPRA, does because it is my understanding it is tasked with market surveillance in this regard, not in general?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: The HPRA is tasked with market surveillance and also seems to have a requirement to talk to patients and doctors to fill that requirement of market surveillance. HIQA has a requirement to oversee patient safety. What is the communication between HIQA and the HPRA and what are the interactions there? There seems to be an overlap in function and I am trying to understand where the lines are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I am sorry. I do not mean to cut across Mr. Egan but under the European legislation HPRA also has a vigilance requirement, so therefore it is in hospitals. I am just trying to understand where the two organisations meet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I hate to harp on about this but in terms of the communications. I thank Mr. Egan for that. It is really instructive because that would imply the auditing of that is really HIQA's area. Will Mr. Egan finish out the point as to whether the HPRA and HIQA have regular interactions? How do they communicate between the two organisations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: When was the last time there was significant engagement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: That was two months ago. Would that take place biannually?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank Mr. Egan.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (4 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has ensured that the infrastructure associated with the deposit return scheme will be universally accessible, in particular for wheelchair users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43020/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Active Travel (4 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that local authorities are prevented from using national active travel funding for the repair and upgrade of existing walking routes, including where there are existing footpaths and walkways; if he is aware that this is having a negative impact on investment in walking infrastructure vis-à-vis other active travel...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (4 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to raise criminal legal aid fees paid to solicitors to pre-2008 levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42966/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Protection (4 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 226. To ask the Minister for Health if any investigations will be considered in light of findings from the Data Protection Commissioner that officials in his Department kept dossiers in a manner that was unlawful and unnecessary, containing sensitive information on families of children with autism who had previously engaged in litigation with the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the...