Alan Shatter
Question:222 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of general practitioners, if any, in respect of whom he has received complaints regarding the methadone treatment programme, to the effect that the general practitioner is prescribing methadone to more patients than the recommended numbers; the nature of the complaints received; the dates on which they were received; the action, if any, taken to date by his Department in this regard; whether it is his intention to furnish these complaints to the Medical Council; and if he will request that the council conduct investigations as it deems appropriate. [14278/98]