Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

There are two health Bills involved in the Deputy's first question. The health identifiers Bill was a troika commitment and it is expected to be published before the end of the year. The health information Bill is to provide the legislative framework for better governance of health information and initiatives, including data matching and health information resources for use in the health service. The Minister will bring forward a revised general scheme, in view of policy developments. I am not in a position to say when the Bill will be published, but the Minister will be bringing forward a general scheme.

I do not have a date for the publication of the cybercrime Bill. That Bill enables the ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime, and the transposition of the EU framework decision on attacks against information systems. I will convey the views of Deputy Ó Caoláin and Deputy Martin on this to the Minister for Justice and Equality.

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