General Practitioner Contract: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2020-11-03
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Catherine Murphy (SD), Kildare North

That is not the question I asked. What is his understanding of the instructions "confidential" and "not for circulation"? That is what was written on the front of the document. I would have thought it plain that it was not for circulation and certainly not for circulation to a rival organisation. Is it not the case that it was not actually finally agreed until approximately 16 April and, as such, the Tánaiste breached the confidentiality of the negotiation process? One of the screenshots of the exchanges between Maitiú Ó Tuathail and the Tánaiste refers to any luck getting the contract and the Tánaiste replies that it should be in the post. He then goes on to say that there may be some changes made to it, so it should not be taken as gospel.
The date of that is 15 April 2019, which is before it was finally signed off on 16 April. It was in the post at that stage. Does the Tánaiste accept that he breached the confidentiality of the negotiation process, because it was subject to change even at that stage?

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