Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Select Committee on Health
Health Information Bill 2024: Committee Stage
2:00 am
David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
Does it prescribe those kinds of instances? Mr. O’Connor says a bit of latitude, but sometimes a bit of latitude means you can drive a horse and carriage through it. In circumstances like the ones Mr. O’Connor just explained, there may be a rationale, but the concern is that a medical practitioner would not provide the information because in their view it was protecting their vital interests as opposed to protecting the interests of the patient. We talked about guardrails earlier. What are the guardrails here to make sure no unintended consequences might flow from that section?
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