Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 670: To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made regarding the appointment of a representative from an organisation (details supplied) in County Kildare onto the Health Information Quality Authority as discussed at a meeting of the Health Committee with HIQA on 19 January 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25493/12]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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My Department has been informed by the Health Information and Quality Authority that at the meeting of the Health Committee on 19th January last, the CEO of the Authority, Dr. Tracey Cooper said that having family members and other people joining inspection teams on hygiene inspections was a good idea. She confirmed that a layperson was a member of the inspection team for the review of symptomatic breast disease services and that the Authority believed it was important to continue to include laypeople on its inspection teams, wherever possible. It is a matter for the Authority to determine the selection process for members of its inspection teams.