Dáil debates

Thursday, 9 May 2019

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation

 

12:40 pm

Photo of Declan BreathnachDeclan Breathnach (Louth, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The programme for Government contains a commitment to an enhanced health service. During the recess, the President of the High Court suspended a doctor from the medical register who had worked in South Tipperary General Hospital, Mayo University Hospital and in Navan, in my own area. I am very concerned with ensuring that entirely substandard practitioners are suspended. More importantly, the guidelines must provide for various sanctions when an inquiry takes place. That is not clear. I am particularly concerned as this is not the first occasion when such an issue has emerged. Doctors appear to be hiding behind suspension or being struck off in cases where criminality is suspected. I want to know what measures have been taken to ensure that the Medical Council informs the Garda Síochána about doctors who appear to carry out criminal activity and are merely struck off.

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