4051. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Health if the testing machine or process used for a sample creates a raw DNA sequencing file in any format, including binary; if DNA was extracted from the sample; and if she will confirm that any DNA, whether partial or full, and any raw files, will be deleted regardless of the format in which they are held (details supplied). [58918/26]

As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.