3893. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to list the ten major programmes under her Department’s digital health reform agenda (details supplied); if there are any she would add to this list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58095/26]

Digital for Care: A Digital Health Framework for Ireland 2024–2030 sets out the Government's vision for a health and social care system that delivers better health outcomes through seamless, safe, secure and connected digital health services.

The Department's digital health reform agenda is guided by the strategic priorities set out in Digital for Care. Delivery of the framework is being progressed through a broad portfolio of national programmes and initiatives designed to improve patient access to health information and services, strengthen information sharing across care settings, modernise clinical and diagnostic systems, enhance digital infrastructure and cybersecurity, and support the safe use of data and emerging technologies.

Progress across these areas is supported by the Digital for Care Capital Plan 2026, which highlights 44 programs with multiple projects with each of these.

Capital investment in digital health supports a wide range of initiatives across digital health infrastructure, electronic health records, diagnostics, medicines management, health information sharing, cybersecurity and patient-facing digital services.

Without wishing to cause delay by referring this PQ to the HSE, it is likely the ten programmes the Chief Technology and Transformation Officer was referring to are as follows:

• the HSE Health App, which provides people with secure digital access to their health information and services;

• the National Shared Care Record and Community Care Record, which support the secure sharing of information across care settings;

• the National Electronic Health Record Programme, which will deliver a longitudinal digital health record across publicly funded health services;

• the National ePrescribing Programme;

• the Maternal and Newborn Clinical Management System (MN-CMS);

• the Medical Laboratory Information System (MedLIS);

• the National Integrated Medical Imaging System (NIMIS), which provides national digital imaging capabilities and supports the sharing of diagnostic images and reports across the health service;

• the Individual Health Identifier and wider interoperability capabilities;

• digital infrastructure, cybersecurity and digital resilience initiatives; and

• programmes supporting the responsible use of data, analytics, artificial intelligence and innovation in healthcare.

This list is not exhaustive. As mentioned, the capital plan for 2026 refers to 44 programmes with multiple projects within that. The list of digital health initiatives to be delivered is constantly under review but all must be aligned with the strategic intent as defined under Digital for Care and the six principles contained therein.

The Government remains committed to implementing Digital for Care and to continuing investment in the digital capabilities, infrastructure and services required to support patients, service users, healthcare professionals and the delivery of high-quality health and social care services