An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2023-11-07
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

On Deputy Smith's question on the Revenue decision relating to GPs, I am aware of it. While I am not a practising GP, I know a lot of them and am aware of the issue. It is a problem and we need to find a solution to it. The Department of Health and the Revenue Commissioners are working on exactly that.
Deputy Whitmore mentioned the next meeting of the European Council is not until 14 December, but there are other meetings happening and there is a lot of bilateral contact under way, led by me and the Tánaiste, with other governments and international groups.
As regards the patent court, responsibility for that falls to the Minister, Deputy Coveney. We do not have a definite date for the referendum on that but it is pencilled in for June next year, concurrent with the local and European elections. That is subject to a Government decision, however.

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