Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 18:

In page 13, line 18, to delete “health services provider” and substitute “health practitioner”.

Amendments Nos. 18 and 30 are technical amendments replacing the term “health services provider” with “health practitioner”. Upon review of the published Bill, it appeared there were a couple of instances where the term “health practitioner” might be more appropriate than “health service provider” as it is more precise and better aligns with the use of the term “health professional” under the EHDS regulation.

Amendment No. 41 is a technical amendment deleting the term “health services provider” and substituting “the executive” instead. That seeks to correct an error in the published Bill as it is the HSE that is required to retain a record in respect of when a health services provider accesses restricted information including the reasons for so doing.