Dr. Fiona O'Reilly:

There is something, but it is probably not as detailed as Dr. Walsh outlined. The HSE is working with the national social inclusion office. During Covid, everybody's certificate and PCR were centrally available. Work is being done on a similar system for international protection applicants who are screened. It would include children and some of what Safetynet does for the national social inclusion office. When we do a health assessment, we can find out if there are any chronic illness or acute disabilities and store that information on a central portal so that if and when people are moved, it is available for planning and identifying people to have their care needs met.

As the Senator said, however, we are looking at the moment at general data protection regulation, GDPR, so it would have to be an opt-in. It has to be, and it would be for their healthcare needs.