Seanad debates

Wednesday, 23 October 2002

Adjournment Matters. - Medical Indemnity Claims.

 

The Minister gave us to understand that he hopes enterprise liability will be introduced by the end of the year. He still has not settled the question of what will happen with regard to historic liabilities. He established a fund with the Medical Protection Society which will be reimbursed to the Exchequer if there are no claims by public patients by the end of a given year. No decision has been taken regarding the fund he established for private obstetricians, a generous move on his part as it avoided about 30 people being left without cover and the need for private hospitals, such as Mount Carmel and the Bon Secours, to stop undertaking obstetric work. Has the Minister not left the taxpayer in a very serious, open-ended position regarding historic liabilities, which, as he stated, can be considerable?

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