General Practitioner Contract: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2020-11-03
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

It is important to restate that negotiations were concluded on 3 April. If it had been before that, we would be talking about a very different situation. The negotiations were concluded on 3 April. That is what it says in the memorandum the then Minister for Health brought to Cabinet on 9 April. The salient details, including the financial information and the commercially sensitive aspects, were all announced on 4 April. I will give the Deputy the view of one member of the IMO council. He said that in the week the document was shared, he was submitting articles on the deep details to two medical newspapers, presenting on the deal to two GP groups-----

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Sitting date: 2020-11-03