Seanad debates

Wednesday, 12 November 2014

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages

 

3:30 pm

Photo of Colm BurkeColm Burke (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The amendments refers to the discovery of a medical condition that requires medical treatment. That means a practitioner would be required to make a recommendation that the patient take a second opinion for every medical condition discovered. Even where the practitioner has competence to deal with the matter, he or she is obliged to refer the patient to someone else. This is why I have a problem with the amendment. It imposes an unnecessary obligation even if the practitioner is competent. I cannot accept the amendment.

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