Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 50:

In page 17, line 29, after “time” where it secondly occurs to insert “, whenever it considers it appropriate,”.

Section 18 sets out the manner in which the HSE is to request the provision of personal health data for the purposes of electronic health records. A request shall be in writing and shall specify the reason for the request, as well as the period within which the request shall be complied with, including where information is to be updated the period within which updates are to be made. All health service providers are within scope and must comply with these requests. If a health services provider does not comply with such a request, it is open to the HSE to go to the Circuit Court mandating compliance. Amendment No. 50 seeks to remove any ambiguity around the timing and regularity of any requests and to emphasise that a decision as to when to request data and how often rests with the HSE.