Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Would Ms Seymour accept that we already have information on 1.6 million people through the medical card system so we could use that as a base to start off with as regards computerising the medical records of the population? If someone is suddenly admitted to hospital through accident and emergency, if there is any information from when that person was in another hospital, the admitting hospital has to wait until the paper file is sent over.