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

Photo of Róisín ShortallRóisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

The PPSN is the simplest option, but why not put IHI data on PPSN records, as a back-office exercise?

In future, can we all not just operate on the basis of our PPS numbers? Over time, all the health facilities could start to use that instead of a 16-digit number.

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