Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Select Committee on Health
Health Information Bill 2024: Committee Stage
2:00 am
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
I agree with the Deputy. As he says, it is a really important reflection. He can see what we are trying to achieve here but we may not quite have struck the balance. I might bring in a slight tweak on Report Stage that makes it time limited or time bound because the purpose is not to restrict access to personal information but to ensure that information is given appropriately, sensitively and not in a damaging way rather than restricting access. If the Deputy will let me reflect on it, I will come back on Report Stage, perhaps with a time-bound period, to make sure we are achieving what we intend.
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