Michael Harty (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The meeting has been convened to consider the Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2014. The purpose of the Bill is to amend the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 to provide for a requirement for registered medical practitioners to have medical indemnity insurance, except in certain circumstances, to give effect to Article 4 2.(d) of Directive 2011/24/eu of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 on the application of patients rights in cross border health care and to provide for related matters.

I ask the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy to make her opening statement.