Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 April 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

Medical Eligibility Criteria for Social Protection Payments: Discussion

1:00 pm

Photo of Gerard CraughwellGerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Between €18 million and €21 million is spent on medical reports each year. That seems an extraordinary amount of money, particularly in circumstances where many of the GPs involved are members of the GMS. How much is spent on each report and do consultants receive more money for reports than GPs?

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