Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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357. To ask the Minister for Health the protocol and or procedure he has in place for retrieving patient files, data and information from the HSE for use by his officials. [17983/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Exchanges of information between the Department and the HSE are subject to compliance with obligations under data protection legislation.

With regard to the very small number of significant patient safety incidents and issues of concern that arise in the health service annually, there is a Patient Safety Communications Protocol in place between the Department and the HSE.