James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have no issue with that. My officials will certainly look at it again but I think they have closed it off. I reiterate that just because one gets approval to look at the individual health identifiers one still needs the patients' consent to use their medical data. There is no medical data on individual health identifiers register; it is purely an identification register. We will continue to examine the issue to see if we can improve the Bill and improve people's sense of privacy.