Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

Section 57 specifies that the grounds for a complaint to be made must relate to professional misconduct, poor professional performance, a relevant medical disability, a contravention of a provision of the legislation or a conviction in the State for an offence triable on indictment, which would be a serious matter. It is not, therefore, possible to make a complaint in respect of a trivial issue. We took legal advice and were informed that it is difficult to restrict matters any further.

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