Colm Burke (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I published two Bills, one of which is the Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2012. Senator Norris and his colleagues published similar legislation - the Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2013 - and I welcome that. I feel strongly about this issue because at present there is no law under which medical practitioners are required to have insurance. As a result, people who do not possess adequate insurance are coming in from abroad and providing medical treatments. This matter must be dealt with and it should not be placed on the back burner for a further four years. The first legislation relating to this matter was introduced by the current Minister for Health when he was in opposition, on 13 October 2009.