Amended Answers to Oral Questions — Question No. 7 to Minister, 7 April

I seek leave to make a personal explanation under Standing Order 366 to correct the record in relation to oral question No. 7 on 7 April 2021.

💬 SPEAKER: Is there any objection to that course of action? There appears to be none.

On 7 April 2021, I advised the House that all information historically published through the Office of the Director of Mental Health and Addiction Services’ annual report is publicly available. I did that on the basis of advice from the Ministry of Health that this was the case. Ensuring transparency of the performance of the health and disability system through the publication of data and information is very important to me. This includes providing the public with robust, timely, and fit for purpose data about the performance of the mental health and addiction sector. On Friday afternoon last week, I received further advice from the Ministry of Health that at the time of my statement, seven discrete pieces of relevant information were not publicly reported through other avenues. Today is the first opportunity for me to correct the record in the House. I seek leave to table a briefing from the Ministry of Health in which the Director-General of Health advises that information provided to me was not correct, and apologising to me for this.

Is there any objection to that course of action? There appears to be none. It can be tabled.

Document, by leave, laid on the Table of the House.