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HSE unoffical Irish DNA record to be destroyed.

  • 12-03-2013 1:14pm
    #1
    Morag
    Registered Users Posts: 8,423 ✭✭✭


    So the HSE kept all the new born screening cards, the one which has information and a spot of blood from every child born in Irish hospitals from 1982. And opps they shouldn't have.

    They got given out to by the data protection commission and are looking at only keeping them now for 10 years and destroying the old ones. You can how ever request your own one or that of your children by filling in a forum but it must be done by the 31st of March.
    http://newbornscreening.ie/


Comments

  • #2
    mackg
    Registered Users Posts: 3,938 ✭✭✭mackg


    Think I'll request mine. Is it free?


  • #3
    xzanti
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 10,434 Mod ✭✭✭✭xzanti


    Out of interest... why would anyone want it?


  • #4
    mackg
    Registered Users Posts: 3,938 ✭✭✭mackg


    xzanti wrote: »
    Out of interest... why would anyone want it?

    I just want to see it out of curiosity. I've no plans for it, probably throw it away once I've had a look at it.


  • #5
    xzanti
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 10,434 Mod ✭✭✭✭xzanti


    mackg wrote: »
    I just want to see it out of curiosity. I've no plans for it, probably throw it away once I've had a look at it.

    Suppose it's good 'baby book' fodder if nothing else..


  • #6
    dodderangler
    Registered Users Posts: 9,204 ✭✭✭dodderangler


    And who are the irsh?


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  • #7
    spurscormac
    Registered Users Posts: 1,523 ✭✭✭spurscormac


    xzanti wrote: »
    Out of interest... why would anyone want it?

    listening to newstalk this morning there's invaluable genetic information that can assist with medical research of inherited cconditions or diseases.

    Things like sudden adult death syndrome, where those affected are those whose records are getting destroyed.

    Worth digging out the last hour of this mornings show(9-10) to listen to.it explained better than I could put it here.


  • #8
    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Heel prick may contain stem cells which you could possibly use in future to regrow your own organs, etc. But mainly it's the genetic thing.

    Unfortunately I fall just outside the band.


  • #9
    Hoop66
    Registered Users Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭Hoop66


    dodderangler wrote: »
    And who are the irsh?
    Dunno, but they sound like feckin' foreigners to me


  • #10
    Morag
    Registered Users Posts: 8,423 ✭✭✭Morag


    mackg wrote: »
    Think I'll request mine. Is it free?

    It will cost you the price of a phone call to request the forum and the cost of the stamp to send it in.


  • #11
    Morag
    Registered Users Posts: 8,423 ✭✭✭Morag


    dodderangler wrote: »
    And who are the irsh?

    Irish people like me who have dyslexia if a passing mod could edit the thread title that would be awesome thanks.


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  • #12
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    Great to see one quango telling another quango what to do with our DNA cards.

    Nice to see them earning their keep.


  • #13
    Morag
    Registered Users Posts: 8,423 ✭✭✭Morag


    Lapin wrote: »
    Great to see one quango telling another quango what to do with our DNA cards.

    Nice to see them earning their keep.

    The samples were collected for a very specific reason and they should have been destroyed once they were used for screening.


  • #14
    MadYaker
    Registered Users Posts: 12,136 ✭✭✭✭MadYaker


    So its just a DNA sample they have kept? Why would you want that back?? If they had sequenced your genome that might be worth looking at.


  • #15
    Sergeant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,362 ✭✭✭Sergeant


    They should use the blood samples to clone an army of Mutant Super Paddys.


  • #16
    tony007
    Registered Users Posts: 326 ✭✭tony007


    Lapin wrote: »
    Great to see one quango telling another quango what to do with our DNA cards.

    Nice to see them earning their keep.

    Its actually mainly down to the EU.


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