Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

If the patient does not consent, I note that section 66(9) states "or (b) the Committee has directed in writing the practitioner, or any other person who has power over or control of the records, to make the records so available". The patient might not consent in writing but might consent orally, I presume. Is the Senator saying that if a patient refuses to make his or her records available, it puts the doctor concerned in an impossible position?