Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

If a paramedic in an ambulance renders a service to someone, he or she would be treated more harshly under the law than an accident and emergency doctor who sees someone fall over in the street. Is this the law we want? Deputy McManus, above all people in this House, should think about this. She is health spokesman for her party and knows well what a GP practice is like. Does she want a situation where if a GP goes to visit a patient he is liable for an action while if he went out and saw someone else's patient drop down in front of him, he would not be liable?

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