Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 6, line 16, to delete “Digital Health Record” and substitute “Electronic Health Record”.

There are quite a number of amendments in this group. They are: amendments Nos. 1, 6 to 10, inclusive, 12, 14 to 17, inclusive, 19, 21 to 26, inclusive, 28, 29, 32 to 39, inclusive, 43, 45 to 49, inclusive, 52 to 54, inclusive, 68, 69 and 71 to 74, inclusive. They are deal with the same thing, namely the deletion of the term "Digital Health Record" and its replacement with the term "Electronic Health Record". The purpose of this is to ensure that the terminology in the Bill is aligned with the language used in the European Health Data Space, EHDS, regulation, which came into force in each member state at the end of March. The aim behind the regulation is to establish a common framework for the use and exchange of electronic health data across the EU. The regulation will empower each of us to access, control and share electronic health information, both within Ireland and across borders, in the context of direct care.

The purpose of the amendments is simply to make that naming change across the various provisions of the Bill. I can continue if Deputies wish but that is the purpose of this series of amendments.