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Cancer Screening: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I also wish to send my solidarity and good wishes and those of my party to Patricia and Damien, who, I am sure, wanted to be private people, rather than being in a scenario in which this kind of statement is being made by the Taoiseach. I am pleased that he has made it in this public forum and on the record. It is so important that there is some meaning in these kinds of statements. We...

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to pick up on that last point. The Tánaiste stated it was a legitimate objective and that he had worked on the agreement for some years and wanted to encourage its acceptance by a broad number of GPs. If that was the case, then why was the document not disseminated through official channels and the line Minister?

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: It was not signed off for another month. Obviously, the IMO was party to the agreement. I am sure it would have wanted to know what was happening to the document. It presumably would have expected that the document would remain confidential. This document was clearly marked as being confidential and not for circulation. What is the Tánaiste's understanding of that instruction in...

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: That is not the question I asked. What is his understanding of the instructions "confidential" and "not for circulation"? That is what was written on the front of the document. I would have thought it plain that it was not for circulation and certainly not for circulation to a rival organisation. Is it not the case that it was not actually finally agreed until approximately 16 April and,...

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: These are the Tánaiste's words.

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Yes. I want to try to get a number of questions in. I want to try to keep this short. These are the Tánaiste's words, "There may still be some changes made to it so don't take it as gospel." That is on 15 April. It was still not concluded at that stage. It was still confidential at that stage. What does the Tánaiste believe the consequences would be for an official in his...

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: What would be the consequences if an official did this?

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: That is not the question I asked.

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Should we be in a different category from an official doing this, any of us?

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: If he or she were not directed, there would be serious consequences for him or her.

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: There would be serious consequences.

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: But none of the Tánaiste's colleagues knew that he was providing this document to the NAGP.

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: None of the Tánaiste's colleagues knew that he was providing this document on a confidential basis.

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Even the line Minister.

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Maybe the former Minister for Health might say himself whether he felt undermined by virtue of the fact that this was being provided without his knowledge, given that it was sought from him, but he decided not to provide it. I will leave that there as a statement. Others have asked the Tánaiste this. Can he guarantee at any point in any of his roles in government that he has not...

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Not to a rival organisation.

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: What does the Tánaiste understand Dr. Ó Tuathail's motivation was in getting his hands on the document? I am sure the Tánaiste has looked at the screenshots and the evidence presented in the article. What would his view now be of what the inner sanctum of the NAGP thought in relation to the document, in relation to Villagemagazine?

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: What does the Tánaiste think of it?

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: The Tánaiste was not happy with the article. He has said it was grossly inaccurate. Does he think that the screenshots expressed the motivation that he said he thought they would have, that this was something that was going to be advantageous in selling the contract to other GPs?

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: The Tánaiste described earlier in his statement, as we are all aware, that he is a medical doctor and that his father is a medical doctor. He has connections to people such as Dr. Ó Tuathail. He would have known and would have been paying attention to this, but did he know that this organisation was such a basket case? It seemed to be fairly well known at that point that it was...