Haseena Ismail

National Assembly

hismail@parliament.gov.za haseenada1@gmail.com

About Haseena Ismail

2020 committee attendance as mp

88% attendance rate

Attended 7 meetings out of 8

2019 committee attendance as mp

100% attendance rate

Attended 11 meetings out of 11

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Minister/Deputy Minister attendance is not compulsory.
MP attendance is compulsory unless an apology is given
MPs are recorded as absent whether they have, or have not submitted apologies.
This is not the official committee attendance record of Parliament.
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Recent meetings attended

Health — NHLS COVID-19 test backlogs; Life Healthcare & Netcare COVID-19 state of readiness — 10 Jun 2020
Health — COVID-19 Response update by Health Ministry/Department; Committee Report on Health Budget — 28 May 2020
Health — Department of Health Strategic Plan, Annual Performance Plan and Budget: AGSA analysis and assessment — 13 May 2020
Health — COVID-19 Update & Government Response: Minister & Department briefing — 27 Apr 2020
Health — COVID-19 Update: Minister of Health briefing — 10 Apr 2020

All meetings attended

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Currently

Member at Joint Committee on South African chapter of Global TC Caucus (Joint Committees) since 17th March 2020
Alternate Member at Portfolio Committee on Health (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

3rd Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Gauteng Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
13rd Candidate at Democratic Alliance National Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019

Committee appearances

NHLS strategy to deal with Covid-19 test results and backlogs; Life Healthcare Group & Netcare on state of readiness for Covid-19 10 Jun 2020

Ms H Ismail (DA) restated the problematic nature of having backlogs in test results. people are being tested and placed in self-isolation for 14 days. However, by the time they come out of self-isolation they have not yet received their test-results and they return to their places of work. This ...
Department of Health Strategic Plan, Annual Performance Plan and Budget: AGSA analysis and assessment 13 May 2020

Ms H Ismail (DA) wished to highlight the allocation of the R51 billion to the provinces. She urged that there must be tool of accountability, since this cannot be going on each year where new audit reports raise recurrent issues. This, she said, affects service delivery on the ground.
COVID-19 Update: Minister of Health briefing 10 Apr 2020

Ms H Ismail (DA) thanked the Minister. Her worry was about reporting per region and if it was plausible for hospitals and clinics to use a universal app, such as that used for TB and HIV, where the information can be aggregated at once. She asked where the mobile testing ...
Petitions: consideration 11 Mar 2020

Ms H Ismail (DA) highlighted that residents did not sign a petition unless something was really an issue for them, and crime was really an issue for all of South Africa.
Minister of Health on response to Coronavirus outbreak; National Health Insurance Pilot Districts Evaluation Report: DoH briefing 4 Mar 2020

Ms H Ismail (DA) noted that in other countries videos were going out to residents as part of a campaign and asked if South Africa would have a campaign in place to remind South Africans what, why and when. Ms Ismail asked about the hotline and said most South Africans ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister of Health 18 Jun 2020

(1)How does his department (a) choose and (b) allocate the service providers that provide food at each quarantine site; (2) whether the tenders to provide food at quarantine sites are advertised; if not, why not; if so, where are they advertised; (3) (a) on what basis are the service ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Health 18 Jun 2020

Whether any medical studies have been conducted on the effects of 5G radiation; if not, why not; if so, what (a) studies have been conducted and (b) are the effects thereof?
Questions asked to the Minister of Health 18 Jun 2020

(1)Whether his department has investigated the effects of wearing masks for long periods of time in view of reports of both adults and children fainting due to wearing the mask for long hours; if not, why not; if so, (2) whether, since it is now mandatory for citizens to ...

All Questions and Answers

Plenary appearances

CHARLIZE THERON WINS THE HOLLYWOOD CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AT THE 23RD ANNUAL HOLLYWOOD FILM AWARDS (Draft Resolution) 12 Nov 2019

House Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the House-
1) notes that Ms Charlize Theron won the Hollywood Career Achievement Award at the 23rd Annual Hollywood Film Awards held in Los Angeles on 3 November 2019;
2) also notes that Ms Theron was born on 7 August 1975 in Benoni ...
CRIME SITUATION IN ACTONVILLE (Draft Resolution) 24 Oct 2019

Chair, I move without notice:
That the House-
1) notes that the crime situation in Actonville in the City of Ekurhuleni has reached dire levels;
2) further notes that businesses and residents are living in fear due to an alarming increase in the number of occurrences of murders, house and ...

All Plenary Appearances

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