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        <docTitle>PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES</docTitle>
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        <docDate date="2026-10-08">Déardaoin, 08 Deireadh Fómhair 2026</docDate>
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          <heading>Medical Records<recordedTime time="2026-10-08T00:17:00+01:00"/></heading>
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            <p eId="para_3062">298. <b>Deputy Ciarán Ahern</b> asked the <b>Minister for Health</b> for a comprehensive update on the HSE’s response to the recent decision of the Data Protection Commission in respect of historical psychiatric hospital records (details supplied), including whether the HSE will make arrangements to transfer these important records to the National Archives of Ireland in order that they may be preserved appropriately. [71136/26]</p>
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            <p eId="para_3063">As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.</p>
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