Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 December 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

General Scheme of the Health Information and Patient Safety Bill: Discussion

1:30 pm

Vice Chairman:

I thank Mr. O'Connor very much. I have one question for him before I open up the meeting to questions from Deputies and Senators. It is about the concerns raised by the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner. The phrase used was "insurmountable conflict". The question is whether those concerns warrant an extensive redesign of the Bill. I invite Mr. O'Connor to comment on that please and then I will take questions from other members.