Vice Chairman:

Ms Dixon referred to an insurmountable conflict and I would be interested to learn the extent to which there has been consultation and if further consultation would resolve the conflict. Describing the conflict as "insurmountable", does not sound to me as resolvable. Is there scope for a resolution or could another agency provide the means to get around this "insurmountable conflict"?

The Department of Health referred to the engagement that it has had with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner. Was that a comprehensive engagement? How have we managed to arrive at a situation where there is seemingly "insurmountable conflict"? The Department of Health created the impression that this can be fairly easily resolved, but Ms Dixon takes a somewhat contrary view. It would be of benefit to the committee to know whether this is resolvable. I am particularly interested to learn the level of engagement that has taken place so far to get us to where we are.