Seanad debates

Monday, 24 November 2003

Personal Injuries Assessment Board Bill 2003: Committee Stage.

 

The Bill states that this information can be passed on to other places, therefore, it would be wise for whoever is providing the report – a medical practitioner in the accepted sense of the word under the Medical Registration Act – to get informed consent. I do not know whether it matters if others such as paramedical staff or social care staff are filling in the reports because we have no legislation in this regard. These people may not need to have concerns about either confidentiality or consent. I must frame my amendment differently, because someone who is registered under the Medical Practitioners Act would need to remember the advice given to them under the various rules of confidentiality and consent, particularly bearing in mind the effect of the Data Protection (Amendment) Act, which was brought to this House in 2002 and which makes the accessing of computerised medical information so much easier.

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