Eric Byrne (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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555. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the situation regarding the reporting of infectious diseases, subject to the 1981 infectious disease statute, specifically, at paragraph 17.2, which states that practitioners are paid for reporting an infectious disease; if this is still the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20043/13]

Alex White (Dublin South, Labour)
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Article 17 (1) of the Infectious Diseases Regulations, 1981 (S.I. No. 390 of 1981) states that where a medical practitioner -

(a) sends a notification that a person is suffering from or is a carrier of an infectious disease, or

(b) sends a notification or intimation that he suspects that a person is suffering from or is a carrier of an infectious disease and such suspicion is subsequently confirmed, the health board shall pay him the appropriate fee in respect of such notification or intimation.

The fee payable to GP's per notification of such infectious disease is €2.54 and this payment is payable on an annual basis.