Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)

I will tease this issue out. Some of these files would presumably contain information that relates to the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform in particular and possibly to the Departments of Social Protection and, in so far as housing issues might be involved, the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. If the file contains information that relates to the functions of other Ministers, I want to be clear on whether the HSE will hand it over to the independent review group so that the latter might have all of the information pertinent to a case. This is a relevant issue. If the Minister of State can assure me the provision is covered in some way, I will accept that, but I do not want us to pass the legislation only to find chunks of files cannot be handed over because they relate to other Departments.

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