Mr. Muiris O'Connor:

Oh I know, but we can learn a lot. I do not like that we are behind other countries in the digitalisation of health but there are also huge advantages. It is very interesting for us that the European ambitions around digital health are being clarified at this time because we can frame that. We want to deliver value, not only in the context of our own territory but we will have summary care records that will be read all over Europe and we will have e-prescriptions in a few short years that can be dispensed all over Europe. We can mind Europeans when they are here and be minded when we are there. There is huge value to that. Again, I am not an expert but there are secure data-processing environments and arrangements that are becoming increasingly common where you do not have the honey-pot type database at all but rather a live draw-in from different systems to aggregate the relevant information in a summary care record in a shared-care record. I assure the Deputy we share his prioritisation of security and confidentiality, and access will be very limited, but it will be there to facilitate integrated care and team working across health and social care around the needs of individuals.