Dáil debates
Thursday, 10 November 2005
Health and Social Care Professionals Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage.
11:00 am
Liam Twomey (Wexford, Fine Gael)
I move amendment No. 34:
In page 37, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following:
53. The Council may, if it appears to it desirable in the public interest to do so, irrespective of whether or not it has received a complaint, investigate any matter that appears to it to indicate that a registrant may have—
(a) committed an offence, or
(b) behaved in a manner that would contravene the grounds set out in section 52(1).
This amendment is designed to give the council power to initiate investigations on complaints or matters of public interest. I am not sure if this issue is covered elsewhere in the legislation.
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