Donegal Aontú member warns patients and staff will suffer most from fine imposed on HSE for GDPR offences A Donegal-based Aontú member is warning that the fine imposed on the HSE locally over the unlawful storage of patients’ records will have a negative impact on services in the North West. Mary T. Sweeney fears that patients and staff will suffer most from the penalties being imposed by the Data Protection Commission. The former local election candidate has challenged the HSE over claims that the loss of almost €650,000 from an already stretched budget will not adversely affect frontline services. She says staff are already working under significant pressure and experiencing resource shortages.