218 Ms Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason the medical records of patients in the Cork area dating from 1950 to the late 1970s were destroyed; the number of records that were destroyed; the difficulties that this has created for people such as those affected by the hepatitis C case in accessing information; if there is a method currently in place to electronically store records to avoid a similar destruction in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41993/06]

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218 Ms Lynch asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason the medical records of patients in the Cork area dating from 1950 to the late 1970s were destroyed; the number of records that were destroyed; the difficulties that this has created for people such as those affected by the hepatitis C case in accessing information; if there is a method currently in place to electronically store records to avoid a similar destruction in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41993/06]

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