642. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Health if he has been notified by each hospital of its policies for the release of medical records to persons who were raised in mother and baby homes, industrial schools or adopted and whose mothers and fathers have passed away and who need access to their family's medical records for health reasons; if the Supreme Court decision of 2011 where the Rotunda Hospital won a case against a person seeking the medical records of a paternal grandfather who had passed away has had an impact on the ability of persons to get family medical records, even if they were raised in mother and baby homes, industrial schools or adopted; if his Department has had any communication with the Data Protection Commissioner in relation to this court case and its implications; if his Department has spoken with each individual hospital regarding this court case and its impact on persons' access to medical records; if his Department has not made these requests or contacted each individual hospital, if the Health Service Executive has done so; if the HSE has done so, whether it is possible to get a list of each hospital and each of their individual policies on the granting of medical records to family members raised in mother and baby homes, industrial schools or adopted and whose mothers and fathers have passed away; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25392/14]

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642. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Health if he has been notified by each hospital of its policies for the release of medical records to persons who were raised in mother and baby homes, industrial schools or adopted and whose mothers and fathers have passed away and who need access to their family's medical records for health reasons; if the Supreme Court decision of 2011 where the Rotunda Hospital won a case against a person seeking the medical records of a paternal grandfather who had passed away has had an impact on the ability of persons to get family medical records, even if they were raised in mother and baby homes, industrial schools or adopted; if his Department has had any communication with the Data Protection Commissioner in relation to this court case and its implications; if his Department has spoken with each individual hospital regarding this court case and its impact on persons' access to medical records; if his Department has not made these requests or contacted each individual hospital, if the Health Service Executive has done so; if the HSE has done so, whether it is possible to get a list of each hospital and each of their individual policies on the granting of medical records to family members raised in mother and baby homes, industrial schools or adopted and whose mothers and fathers have passed away; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25392/14]

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