Mr. Robert Watt:

I do not know. I have not had a discussion with the Minister and neither have colleagues. The point I make is that public servants are not allowed to receive benefit-in-kind or gifts above a certain level under existing ethics legislation. It they do, they have to disclose it. I think the limit is €350. Any public servant receiving any benefit-in-kind from a pharmaceutical company would have to declare that anyway. That would be declared and registered. As I understand it, GPs are not public servants, even though they benefit significantly from the public purse.