Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy might have missed that we had formalised discussions with all our GPs and a new contract was negotiated. It gave them a significant increase on the old illness certificate payments. It was probably long overdue insofar as they had not received a different payment for many years. Everybody is using the new forms and we are all happy. In fact, we are in negotiations to move to a newer type of certification system in the future. Good, peaceful and harmonious relations are ongoing.