It follows a €645,000 fee imposed by the DPC after unauthorised access to records including at St Lomans Hospital Mullingar.
The HSE has been set a deadline of 30 days in order to get their storage facilities nationwide up to an acceptable standard.
This comes after the Data Protection Commission imposed a €645,000 fee over serious data protection failures involving sensitive medical records.
The Data Protection Commission found records damaged by mould, water and animal droppings, some of which had been stored in derelict buildings, disused bathrooms and a shipping container.
The investigation came after unauthorised access to records at St. Loman’s Hospital in Westmeath and St. Conal’s Hospital in Donegal.
Graham Doyle, Deputy Commissioner at the Data Protection Commission says a review will be conducted of the HSE's plan when submitted:
The Health Minister says data breaches within the HSE have been caused by out of date data storage systems.
Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, says moving to an electronic record is key:
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