Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 502: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a report which was sent from his Department in January or February 1993 to a consultant psychiatrist regarding a member of the Department's staff (details supplied); if the report contained no reference to the opinion which the chief medical officer had given to his Department in February 1988 regarding that member of the Department's staff or to events in the Department of Finance in January 1988; the reason for excluding this material from the report which was sent to the consultant psychiatrist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40170/05]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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In January 1993, following a protracted period of illness by the person referred to in the question, the chief medical officer, CMO, sought an independent expert opinion. To facilitate this process, my Department prepared a career history setting out the key developments in the career of the person in question between 10 November 1975 and 21 January 1993.

This document was sent to the CMO who in turn forwarded it to the expert consultant psychiatrist. A copy was also provided to the legal representative of the person. The career history did not include any reference to medical advice by the CMO in February 1988.

The person named disputed aspects of the career history in correspondence directly with the consultant psychiatrist and copied this to my Department. I understand that the person named declined to attend the appointment with the consultant psychiatrist.