Senators:

I move amendment No. 20:

Senators:

In page 81, lines 20 to 22, to delete subsection (1) and substitute the following:

Senators:

"94.—(1) The Health Service Executive and the registered medical practitioner shall ensure that practitioner's professional competence is maintained on an ongoing basis.".

Senators:

The amendment suggests that the HSE has a role in ensuring that practitioners' professional competence is maintained and that responsibility in this regard should not fall solely on practitioners.