Results 1-20 of 390 for data protection speaker:Stephen Donnelly

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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cybersecurity Policy (21 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 537, 538, 539 and 540 together. My Department implements a multi-layered approach to cyber security and to protecting our ICT systems, data and infrastructure. Comprehensive arrangements are in place to support ICT security through specialised software to mitigate against malicious threats, and to provide early warning notifications of same. Incident response...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Files (21 Nov 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: .... The building was reviewed by local HSE management on Tuesday morning, 14th November, and additional measures were fitted to further secure the building. This incident has also been reported to the Data Protection Commissioner in accordance with legislation. In parallel, a review of the requirement to continue to store historical records in line with HSE policy on record retention periods...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety (24 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...A final decision on the potential transfer of the LAVS to DAFM cannot be made until DAFM has had an opportunity to carry out a Due Diligence exercise, which includes an examination of existing data and a number of site visits. After this, a Cost Benefit Analysis must be carried out. Therefore, in the meantime, FSAI, CCMA and LGMA will discuss a new service contract under the Food...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy will be aware, the Medical Council is the statutory agency responsible for the registration and regulation of doctors in Ireland. In order to protect patients, it has a responsibility to ensure that all doctors registered to practise medicine in Ireland meet the requirements to practise, as set out in its legislation. The Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (as amended) makes...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Protection (17 Oct 2023)

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. Under the GDPR, the Department must notify personal data breaches to the DPC unless it is unlikely...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (10 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ...under the jurisdiction of the PSI, I have asked them for their views, which are as follows: "As the pharmacy regulator in Ireland, the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI), is responsible for protecting the health, safety and wellbeing of patients and the public by regulating pharmacists and pharmacies in Ireland and assuring public trust in the quality of pharmacy services through...

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

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy for their question. My Department cooperated fully with the Data Protection Commissioner during the course of their investigation into the allegations raised on RTE’s Prime Time programme. The Department at the time of the original programme in 2021 and in light of the recent programme, once more rejects the characterisation that it kept secret dossiers on children....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Protection (3 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: The table below sets out the number of personal data breaches logged by my Department since the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2018 to date. Personal data breaches are dealt with in line with the Department’s Data Breach Management Policy and obligations under the GDPR. Year Number of Data Breaches 2018 4...