Seanad debates
Monday, 24 November 2003
Personal Injuries Assessment Board Bill 2003: Committee Stage.
It is not illegal to call oneself a medical practitioner in this country once one does not claim to have qualifications. One can treat people although the legal situation regarding animals is much stricter. One cannot go around calling oneself a vet, but one can say one is a medical practitioner. Alternative medicine is becoming more popular with patients so one could get a report from a very wide range of people. We saw reports this weekend of a person who came here promoting herbal medicines having a meeting with the Minister for Health and Children. This may be a valuable area to investigate.
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