Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health

Mr. Muiris O'Connor:

Absolutely. Confidentiality of identifiable personal information is central to the trust needed by citizens in respect of their health information. The Bill provides that access to identifiable personal health information is only available to the individual and any health or social care professional with a direct and legitimate interest in his or her care. That is absolutely provided for.

The wider purposes of performance oversight and assessment of the effectiveness of health interventions does not require identifiable personal information. Arrangements will be made to make such information available for research and performance analysis purposes, but in an anonymised and pseudonymised way that will not allow for the identification of any individual. Does Mr. Lennon have anything more to add?

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