Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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Question 16: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the practice at Bantry General Hospital whereby patients' personal files are retrieved and moved by employees of an outside private security firm; and her views regarding the confidentiality and privacy of patients' files. [23246/06]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.