Results 181-200 of 390 for data protection speaker:Stephen Donnelly

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...address waiting lists. With regard to the particular query raised by the Deputy, the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) has advised my Department that in relation to median/mean figures, the health system does not collect the data necessary to calculate average wait times. In particular, the time to treatment of patients who have already received their care is not collected. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mortality Rates (21 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: .... All adverse reaction reports received are individually assessed, with relevant follow up information requested as appropriate and reports entered into the HPRA’s national pharmacovigilance database. These reports are subsequently sent to EudraVigilance (EV), the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA’s) database of suspected adverse reactions, where the data are analysed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...2019, with the introduction of a 9-valent HPV vaccine. The ages at which vaccines are recommended in the immunisation schedule are chosen by the 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 sexually active, that is, before a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Records (21 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...There is no evidence that the Department of Health was secretly compiling dossiers on children with autism involved in Special Educational Needs litigation as alleged. I welcome an inquiry by the Data Protection Commission (DPC), which is currently investigating data collection practices regarding the cases. My Department looks forward to the findings of this review and, where...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tribunals of Inquiry (21 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: My Department is committed to protecting the rights and privacy of data subjects and adhering to obligations under data protection legislation. I can confirm that no complaints have been received by my Department about breaches of data protection relating to the setting up or operation of the CervicalCheck Tribunal. However, a concern was raised that I had been provided with access...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (21 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Existing data protection legislation, based on GDPR, provides for the health system to collect and process data for direct provision of care and for the management of the health service. The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to consider if further legislation is required to support eHealth in specific areas such as patient registers and to clarify the basis upon which private,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Investigations (21 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...reports. There is no evidence that the Department of Health was secretly compiling dossiers on children with autism involved in Special Educational Needs litigation as alleged. I welcome an inquiry by the Data Protection Commission (DPC), which is currently investigating data collection practices regarding the cases. My Department looks forward to the findings of this review and, where...

Vaccination Programme and Covid-19: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: .... Those who are housebound are an absolute priority for us. We are talking about people who are very vulnerable and who, as the Deputy says, are often elderly. It is essential that they be protected as quickly as possible. The National Ambulance Service is working very hard to this end. It is moving through the country. The people the Deputy is talking about are being identified by...

Vaccination Programme and Covid-19: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...possible and in so doing allow Ireland to open up as quickly as possible. The vaccination programme has already had a big impact on reducing the high levels of hospitalisations due to Covid. The data show clearly the impact vaccinations are having. It is hugely encouraging. The available epidemiological data show a spectacular fall in the number of cases among those aged over 85, with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child Protection (1 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...extremely seriously. A team has been set up to establish the facts in respect of specific allegations made in the RTÉ Prime Time programme on 25th March 2021. The Department has engaged with the Data Protection Commissioner. The allegations which were the subject of the RTÉ Prime Time programme on March 25th were brought to the Department's attention last year. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Records (1 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...extremely seriously. A team has been set up to establish the facts in respect of specific allegations made in the RTÉ Prime Time programme on 25th March 2021. The Department has engaged with the Data Protection Commissioner. The allegations which were the subject of the RTÉ Prime Time programme on March 25th were brought to the Department's attention last year. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (1 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...extremely seriously. A team has been set up to establish the facts in respect of specific allegations made in the RTÉ Prime Time programme on 25th March 2021. The Department has engaged with the Data Protection Commissioner. The allegations which were the subject of the RTÉ Prime Time programme on March 25th were brought to the Department's attention last year. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Records (1 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...extremely seriously. A team has been set up to establish the facts in respect of specific allegations made in the RTÉ Prime Time programme on 25th March 2021. The Department has engaged with the Data Protection Commissioner. The allegations which were the subject of the RTÉ Prime Time programme on March 25th were brought to the Department's attention last year. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Records (1 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...extremely seriously. A team has been set up to establish the facts in respect of specific allegations made in the RTÉ Prime Time programme on 25th March 2021. The Department has engaged with the Data Protection Commissioner. The allegations which were the subject of the RTÉ Prime Time programme on March 25th were brought to the Department's attention last year. The Department...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Records (1 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: Exchanges of information between the Department and the HSE are subject to compliance with obligations under data protection legislation. With regard to the very small number of significant patient safety incidents and issues of concern that arise in the health service annually, there is a Patient Safety Communications Protocol in place between the Department and the HSE.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Data Protection Regulation (1 Apr 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: My Department is committed to protecting the rights and privacy of data subjects and adhering to obligations under data protection legislation. The information sought by the Deputy is enclosed in the table below. 2018 2019 2020 2021 Complaints received from members of the public under the GDPR 1 1 1 3...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Cases (31 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...extremely seriously. A team has been set up to establish the facts in respect of specific allegations made in the RTÉ Prime Time programme on 25th March 2021. The Department has engaged with the Data Protection Commissioner. The allegations which were the subject of the RTÉ Prime Time programme on March 25th were brought to the Department's attention last year. The Department...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Cases (31 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...extremely seriously. A team has been set up to establish the facts in respect of specific allegations made in the RTÉ Prime Time programme on 25th March 2021. The Department has engaged with the Data Protection Commissioner. The allegations which were the subject of the RTÉ Prime Time programme on March 25th were brought to the Department's attention last year. The Department...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Cases (31 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: An individual can request a copy of their personal data, if any, processed by my Department by contacting the Department and making a Subject Access Request. Further information is available on the Department’s website at . It would not be appropriate for me to make a statement on an individual matter in this context. I take the allegations made in recent media reports extremely...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Cases (31 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...extremely seriously. A team has been set up to establish the facts in respect of specific allegations made in the RTÉ Prime Time programme on 25th March 2021. The Department has engaged with the Data Protection Commissioner. The allegations which were the subject of the RTÉ Prime Time programme on March 25th were brought to the Department's attention last year. The Department...