Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will respond to the comment made about non-Irish doctors coming here for the changeover in January. We do not have any doctors coming in from west Africa. They need to remain where they are. We have doctors coming here from India, Pakistan, some of the Arab countries and Sudan. To the best of my knowledge, there have been no cases of Ebola in any of those countries. There is no reason to impose obligations on them that we would not impose on anyone coming from anywhere else.

I can confirm to Deputy Fitzpatrick that there was a suspected case in County Louth yesterday but that has since tested negative. For reasons of patient confidentiality, I cannot give him any further information. Even as Minister for Health I know very little about individual patient cases. People often assume I am able to look at people's medical records and investigate their individual circumstances. I cannot because doctor-patient confidentiality applies even to politicians.