Dáil debates
Wednesday, 28 March 2007
Medical Practitioners Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages
6:00 pm
Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
What the Deputy is seeking to achieve is covered in sections 59(3)(a) and (b), which give autonomy to the committee and thus provide greater flexibility because it can prescribe the form in which a complaint should be made etc. We are trying to strike a balance between being fair to doctors, the persons against whom complaints are made and also to complainants. Section 107(2)(a) provides that a specified form may include a statutory declaration.
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