Risk Assessment
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From: Heather Darby
Dear Ministry of Health,
Please provide the risk assessment carried for teaching staff to support the Pfizer mandate with reference to the toxicity reported in the Pfizer safety data sheet.
https://safetydatasheets.pfizer.com/Dire...
Yours faithfully,
Heather Darby
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Kia ora Heather,
Thank you for your request for official information. The Ministry's
reference number for your request is: H202200594.
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Kia ora Heather,
Thank you for your email. Can you please clarify what you are requesting,
are you interested in teachers or Ministry of Health staff? Additionally,
can you please clarify what you mean by 'support the Pfizer mandate with
reference to the toxicity reported in the Pfizer safety data sheet"?
Under section 28(3) of the Act you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to
review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be
contacted by email at: [1][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.
Ngā mihi
OIA Services Team
[2]Ministry of Health information releases
[3]Unite against COVID-19
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From: Heather Darby <[FOI #18326 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 26 January 2022 12:17
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Risk Assessment
Dear Ministry of Health,
Please provide the risk assessment carried for teaching staff to support
the Pfizer mandate with reference to the toxicity reported in the Pfizer
safety data sheet.
[4]https://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=15517&...
Yours faithfully,
Heather Darby
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From: Heather Darby
Dear OIA Requests,
Please provide the risk assessment carried out for TEACHING STAFF (teachers, teacher aids, librarians aka anyone who works at a school).
A risk assessment would identify and list the hazards; list the risk controls for the hazards, list the risk ratings for the hazards; and possibly list additional controls for the hazards. The Pfizer safety data sheet would have to have been taken into consideration when comparing the hazards.
Yours sincerely,
Heather Darby
From: OIA Requests
Kia ora Heather,
Thank you for your request for official information received on 26 January
2022 for:
Please provide the risk assessment carried for teaching staff to support
the Pfizer mandate with reference to the toxicity reported in the Pfizer
safety data sheet,
You also clarified your request to be for:
Please provide the risk assessment carried out for TEACHING STAFF
(teachers, teacher aids, librarians aka anyone who works at a school).
The Ministry of Health does not hold any information relating to your
request; however, I have been advised that this information may be held
by the Ministry of Education (MOE) For this reason, the Ministry of Health
has decided to transfer your request to MOE under section 14 of the
Official Information Act 1982 (the Act). You can expect a response from
MOE in due course.
Under section 28(3) of the Act you have the right to ask the Ombudsman
to review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be
contacted by email at: [1][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.
If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch.
Ngā mihi,
OIA Services Team
[2]Ministry of Health information releases
[3]Unite against COVID-19
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From: Enquiries National
Kia ora Heather Darby
Thank you for your request for information below, that was transferred
from the Ministry of Health on 15 February 2022.
Please provide the risk assessment carried for teaching staff to support
the Pfizer mandate with reference to the toxicity reported in the Pfizer
safety data sheet,
You also clarified your request to be for:
Please provide the risk assessment carried out for TEACHING STAFF
(teachers, teacher aids, librarians aka anyone who works at a school).
The Ministry will consider and respond to your request in accordance with
the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act).
Under section 15(1) of the Act, we are required to make and inform you of
our decision on your request as soon as reasonably practicable and in any
case not later than 20 working days after the day on which your request is
received. You can therefore expect to receive our decision on your
request on or before the 15 March 2022. If more than 20 working days are
needed due to the potential workload and/or consultations involved in
answering your request, we will notify you accordingly.
The Ministry may publicly release on our website the response to your
request five days after you have received it. Any personal information
will be removed.
In the interim, if you have any questions about your request, please email
[1][email address].
Ngā mihi
Enquiries National Team | Ministry of Education - TW
[2]education.govt.nz | [3]Follow us on Twitter: @educationgovtnz
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Kia ora Heather
Please find the transfer letter to your OIA request attached.
Kind regards
Enquiries National Team | Ministry of Education | IB
33 Bowen Street, Wellington
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From: OIA Requests
Kia ora Heather
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) for information about the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine. On 3 March 2022,
your request was transferred from the Ministry of Education to the
Ministry of Health (the Ministry) for response. You specifically
requested:
“Please provide the risk assessment carried for teaching staff to support
the Pfizer mandate with reference to the toxicity reported in the Pfizer
safety data sheet.”
On 4 February 2022, the Ministry received the same request from you for
this information. A response to your request will be provided under OIA
ref: H202201064. Please accept our apologies for the delay in providing
this information to you. The Ministry is still working on this request and
will endeavour to provide you with a response as soon as possible.
Under section 28(3) of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to
review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be
contacted by email at: [1][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.
Ngâ mihi
OIA Services Team
[2]Ministry of Health information releases
[3]Unite against COVID-19
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I submitted a FOI request to the MoH on Jan 26th 2022:
https://fyi.org.nz/request/18326-risk-as...
Please provide the risk assessment carried for teaching staff to support the Pfizer mandate with reference to the toxicity reported in the Pfizer safety data sheet.
https://safetydatasheets.pfizer.com/Dire...
I was asked for clarification and responded on Jan 28th 2022:
Please provide the risk assessment carried out for TEACHING STAFF (teachers, teacher aids, librarians aka anyone who works at a school).
A risk assessment would identify and list the hazards; list the risk controls for the hazards, list the risk ratings for the hazards; and possibly list additional controls for the hazards. The Pfizer safety data sheet would have to have been taken into consideration when comparing the hazards.
On 15 Feb, the MoH replied:
The Ministry of Health does not hold any information relating to your request; however, I have been advised that this information may be held by the Ministry of Education (MOE) For this reason, the Ministry of Health has decided to transfer your request to MOE under section 14 of the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act). You can expect a response from
MOE in due course.
Ministry of Education
I submitted a FOI request to the MoE on Jan 26th 2022
https://fyi.org.nz/request/18325-risk-as...
Please provide the risk assessment carried for teaching staff to support the Pfizer mandate with reference to the toxicity reported in the Pfizer safety data sheet.
https://safetydatasheets.pfizer.com/Dire...
On Feb 3rd, the MoE replied:
The need for the COVID-19 vaccine, and the legislation mandating vaccination for workers in specified settings, is Government policy, not a function of the Ministry of Education. The Ministry’s role is to implement Cabinet’s decisions and the resulting legislation as they relate to the education sector, and risk assessment of the Pfizer vaccine is not part of
that implementation role. I am therefore refusing your request under section 18(e) of the Act, as the document alleged to contain the information requested does not exist.
On Feb 4th I replied:
Thank you for your detailed response.
Kindly direct me to the government department which would have the information.
On Feb 4th, I received this response:
Thank you for your email, as noted in the response, further information on the assessment and approval of vaccines can be found on the Ministry of Health’s website so we would recommend contacting Ministry of Health for further information.
On Feb 4th I wrote:
Dear Ministry of Health,
Please provide the risk assessment carried out for all school staff (i.e. teachers, teacher aids, support workers, IT techs etc. at primary, intermediate and high schools) to support the Pfizer mandate with reference to the toxicity reported in the Pfizer safety data sheet. https://safetydatasheets.pfizer.com/Dire...
The risk assessment would have needed to identify and list the hazards; list the risk controls; list additional controls; and give a risk rating (i.e., calculate the level of risk by finding the intersection between the likelihood and the consequences).
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