Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 6 December 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion
9:00 am
Dr. Jean O'Sullivan:
As Deputy Kelleher said, there is a difference between direct and indirect payments. The Bill seeks to make everything transparent and remove ambiguity about what is a gift, payment and salary. The reason we wanted to amend the Medical Practitioners Act and involved the Medical Council is because we wanted to ensure there would be quite a serious sanction for anybody who did not declare a gift or financial reward given by a pharmaceutical company.
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