Dáil
‹ Order of Business Health Information Bill publication
Summary
Peter Fitzpatrick asked when the Health Information Bill, intended to facilitate secure sharing of patient information, would be published; the Taoiseach said later in the year.
The long-awaited Health Information Bill 2014 will offer significant and revolutionary advances for the use of and protection afforded to personal health information in Ireland. The objective of the Bill is to create an integrated system whereby personal health information is available across many care settings and transferable between clinicians and hospitals, public and private. When can we expect publication of this Bill?
Comment on this
The Taoiseach has no information on that.
Comment on this
The terms "later this year" has been used for the past ten years in respect of this.