Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

On that same theme, does the new legislation square with the ongoing health identifiers framework project which aims to have a database in place which will track every Irish citizen through the health service from birth to death? The legislation underpinning the project, Health Identifiers Act 2014, allows for Ministers from various Departments to share data about individuals with the Minister for Health for the purpose of this database.

It appears to be in direct violation of the case law of the EU court. As the health identifiers project was initiated before the Bara judgment, questions arise about whether it has been scrapped in light of the legal implications of that judgment. If not, what measures are in place to ensure any data-sharing can only be done with the permission of the individual?