Dáil debates

Wednesday, 6 November 2019

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages

 

4:00 pm

Photo of Louise O'ReillyLouise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the clarity the Minister has given. For the avoidance of any doubt and to be a bit belt and braces about the whole affair, this is not intended as a vehicle by which people who have a lawful entitlement, which I would not interfere with, to a contract of indefinite duration are now practising as consultants. It is explicit and recorded in the House that this is intended to deal only with those people who would, by virtue of their qualifications and experience, in 2008 have been entitled in this regard and not an entitlement by virtue of a contract of indefinite duration. It refers to people who would have had that entitlement at the time but who did not avail of it, for whatever reason. I have spoken to people who, for family reasons, could not avail of the contract and that is fair enough. The intention is to include these people. We need to be very clear that this provision is not intended to add to the register those people only practising as consultants because they have a contract of indefinite duration. That is a whole other conversation that we will have on another day.

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