Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

When will the health information Bill be published? This Bill is intended to provide a framework for better governance of health information and initiatives, and the unacceptable delay in publishing the Bill has been criticised not only by me and others in here, but also by the troika. Information management improvements have the potential to deliver significant savings on our overall health expenditure.

The second issue I wish to raise under promised legislation relates to Deputy Martin's choice for Leaders' Questions this morning on the incredible level of theft of financial and personal details from more than 1.5 million of our citizens. I am talking about the criminal justice (cybercrime) Bill. This Bill is supposed to enable ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime and the transposition of the EU framework decision on attacks against information systems. This Bill is of great importance and I hope, following his earlier response to Deputy Martin, that the Tánaiste would take on board the fact that there is legislation in the pipeline which can also help to address this insidious crime. It is a straightforward issue; it merely ratifies something that has already emanated from Europe.

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