Mr. Peter Lennon:

The situation now is that we rely on the explicit consent of the individual. If someone has explicit consent to get access to another person's information, that will remain the case in the context of the general scheme. Information will be provided on the basis of consent. There will be no access by virtue of being a particular individual. Regarding the summary care record, for example, it is provided in this case that the individual can designate another person to get access to that information. Again, however, that designation is consent based. The general scheme is very strong on protecting confidentiality and privacy, which was part of the first question we were asked this morning by Deputy Durkan.