Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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Question 623: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that surgeons working at the three private clinics which fitted defective silicone breast implants manufactured by a company (details supplied) participated in continuing professional development in 2006 and 2007; if he will explain the way the concerns regarding faulty breast implants raised in the same years in a leading professional journal in the field went unnoticed by cosmetic surgeons here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29309/12]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Part 11 of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (No. 25 of 2007) provides that it is the duty of medical practitioners to maintain their professional competence on an ongoing basis. This part of the Act was commenced by the Minister for Health in May 2010. Requirements for the professional competence schemes were put in place by the Medical Council in May 2011 and it has been mandatory for all medical practitioners to participate in a professional competence scheme in line with their individual practice since that time.