Mr. Muiris O'Connor:

I fully expect that the refreshed e-health framework and the corresponding implementation plan that the HSE will develop will absolutely lock in timeframes and clarity on deliverables. That refresh of the strategy, the strategic framework and the legislation we are discussing here today are intended to be a real acceleration and a real push on national approaches to the roll-out of electronic health records and the digitisation of health services. I am sorry I cannot give the Deputy timeframes now but it is fully expected that timelines will be clarified in the course of the framework and the implementation plan, which will be completed in the immediate months ahead.