Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

I had this matter examined. The medical profession specialist training bodies would have some expertise but other bodies such as the Irish Medicines Board would also have an interest. As it evolves, HIQA could have a partial role in holding information on some of these matters. On reflection, I consider this is not a role appropriate to the Medical Council and I discussed it with one or two staff members of the Medical Council. The information required to implement this amendment is too wide and varied and would not always be available to the council on an ongoing basis. While I appreciate the spirit of the amendment I consider it is not practical to assign this function to the Medical Council.

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