Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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353. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE does not operate a single foi@hse.ie email address for FOI requests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5476/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Health Service Executive (HSE) is an independent body for the purposes of compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2014.

While the use of a generic email, in Freedom Of Information Units, is not a statutory requirement, it is considered, by the Central Policy Unit in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, that it is best practice for bodies to have such email addresses in place.

I have asked the Health Service Executive to reply directly to the Deputy, on the matter of a generic email address for the HSE's Central Freedom of Information Office.