Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

That is an interesting point of view because it means one can sue the person in the ambulance but not the doctor summoned to an emergency in a street. One's own general practitioner can be sued after being called out. If I call a GP to my house for an injured family member, he will not be able to avail of this because he would expect a payment, but if somebody calls to a local GP surgery, there is a different duty of care.

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