Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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476. To ask the Minister for Health regarding the health information Bill the consultation process that has taken place; if he will provide a list of those who have been directly involved in the consultation, as well as those who have made submissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4867/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Extensive consultation has taken place on the Health Information Bill, including a public consultation process. Subsequent ongoing consultation is also taking place with a number of other stakeholders, in particular the HSE, HIQA, the Data Protection Commissioner and the Health Research Board. Because of the changes to the Bill since the general scheme was first approved by Government, I intend to bring a revised general scheme of the Health Information Bill to Government in the coming months and then to forward the revised general scheme to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children for pre-legislative scrutiny.

In addition to Government Departments and four individuals, the following made submissions during the public consultation process:

1. The Adelaide and Meath Hospital Dublin incorporating the National Children’s Hospital

2.An Bord Altranais (now known as the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland)

3.Baronscourt Technology Limited

4.Central Statistics Office

5.Caring for Carers

6.Citizens Information Board

7.Clinical Ethics Committee of the Bon Secours Health System

8.Competition Authority

9.Consumers Association of Ireland

10. CORI Health Office

11. Crisis Pregnancy Agency

12. Data Protection Commissioner

13. Disability Federation of Ireland

14. Economic and Social Research Institute

15. Faculty of Public Health Medicine

16. Food Safety Authority of Ireland

17. Global Standards 1 (Ireland) Limited

18. Health Information and Quality Authority

19. Health Research Board

20. Health Service Executive

21. Information Commissioner/Ombudsman

22. Institute of Community Health Nursing

23. Institute of Public Health in Ireland

24. Irish Association of Palliative Care

25. Irish Cancer Society

26. Irish Hospice Foundation

27. Irish Human Rights Commission

28. Irish Medical Organisation

29. Irish Medicines Board (now known as the Health Products Regulatory Authority)

30. Irish Patients Association

31. Irish Platform for Patients’ Organisations, Science & Industry

32. Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association

33. Irish Pharmacy Union

34. Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists

35. Molecular Medicine Ireland

36. National Cancer Registry Board

37. National Council on Ageing and Older People

38. National Disability Authority

39. National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre

40. Not for Profit Business Association (CRC, Cheshire Foundation, Enable, Gandon Enterprises, Irish Wheelchair Association, NCBI, National Learning Network, RehabCare)

41 Pavee Point Travellers Centre

42. Pharmaceutical Society

43. The Rotunda Hospital

44. Royal College of Physicians in Ireland

45. Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

46. Rehab Group

47. St. James’s Hospital

48. Women’s Health Council.