Medical Register
Dail Éireann — 2026-03-05
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Ruth Coppinger (PBP), Dublin West

The question of gender-based violence and the medical profession arose last year when a doctor, Christopher Morris, who had been convicted of assaulting two women was appointed as a locum consultant in obstetrics and gynaecology in the Coombe Hospital. Staff contacted me about that. It has now come up again as the result of what has happened in UCD. Thousands marched yesterday in support of a medical student who was raped and who had image-based sexual abuse committed against her on three occasions. The college and the school of medicine has clearly not acted property to deal with this situation.

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Sitting date: 2026-03-05