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Health Information Act 2026
Introduced
19 July 2024
Last action
30 April 2026 · Enacted
Status
Enacted
Sponsors
Minister for Health
Subjects
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Source updated
11 May 2026
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1 official language
Irish
An tAcht um Fhaisnéis Sláinte, 2026
Summary
Act to give further effect to Regulation (EU) 2025/327 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2025 on the European Health Data Space and amending Directive 2011/24/EU and Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 and for those and other purposes to provide for a duty for health services providers to share, in certain circumstances, a patient’s personal health data with other health services providers also providing care and treatment to the patient; to provide for the creation and assignment by the Health Service Executive of an Electronic Health Record in respect of every patient; to provide for the information that shall be contained in an Electronic Health Record; to provide that a health services provider shall record the personal public service number of each of his or her patients; to provide that the Health Service Executive may, where appropriate, use a personal public service number to identify a patient; to provide for access to all, or part of, an Electronic Health Record by certain categories of person; to provide for the restriction of such access in certain circumstances; to provide a patient with information in relation to access to his or her Electronic Health Record; to provide for the Minister to make regulations for the purposes of this Act; to provide for the purposes in relation to which an Electronic Health Record may be used; to provide that the Health Service Executive may enter into reciprocal arrangements with other jurisdictions in relation to the exchange of information contained in an Electronic Health Record; to provide that the Health Service Executive may request health services providers to provide the Health Service Executive with certain classes of personal health data; to provide that the Health Service Executive may request certain persons to provide the Health Service Executive with certain categories of health information; to provide that the Health Service Executive may make an application to the Circuit Court where a person fails to comply with a request; to provide for the purposes for which the Health Service Executive may use health information provided to it in accordance with this Act; to provide that the Health Service Executive shall prepare and publish guidelines for the purposes of this Act; to amend the Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023; and to provide for related matters.
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Timeline
19 July 2024
Published
Source: Dáil Éireann
19 July 2024
First Stage
Source: Dáil Éireann
25 September 2024
Second Stage
Source: Dáil Éireann
25 September 2024
Committee Stage
Source: Dáil Éireann
8 November 2024
Bill Lapsed
Source: Dáil Éireann
19 November 2025
Report Stage
Source: Dáil Éireann
19 November 2025
Fifth Stage
Source: Dáil Éireann
10 February 2026
Second Stage
Source: Seanad Éireann
17 February 2026
Committee Stage
Source: Seanad Éireann
10 March 2026
Report Stage
Enacted
Source: Seanad Éireann
14 April 2026
Fifth Stage
Enacted
Source: Seanad Éireann
22 April 2026
Cream List
Enacted
Source: Dáil Éireann
30 April 2026
Enacted
30 April 2026
Enacted
Enacted
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Documents
7 official files
Health Information Act 2026
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Health Information Act 2026
pdf · EN · 30 April 2026
Administrative Reprint - As amended in Committee [Seanad Éireann]
pdf · EN · 3 March 2026
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As passed by Dáil Éireann
pdf · EN · 19 November 2025
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As amended in Committee/Select Committee [Dáil Éireann]
pdf · EN · 16 July 2025
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Glossary/Gluais
pdf · EN · 25 September 2024
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Explanatory Memorandum
pdf · EN · 19 July 2024
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As Initiated
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Sponsors
- Minister for Health · Minister for Health
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Direct relationships
- Legal framework · Health Information Act 2026 · 2026/10 · IE
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Same ireland record bill-2024-61 projected from PoliticalRepo IE row.
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/bills/bill/2024/61/
- Open data entity: https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/bill/2024/61
- ireland · bill-2024-61 · source updated 11 May 2026