Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 July 2018
1489. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the legal basis for general practitioners charging insurance companies or patients for filling out general practitioner or consultant medical questionnaires issued by insurance companies as part of the process of deciding on a patient's claim for insurance for medical treatment [33124/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe GMS contract stipulates that fees for medical and visit card holders are not paid to GPs in respect of certain medical certificates which may be required, for example, "under the Social Welfare Acts or for the purposes of insurance or assurance policies or for the issue of driving licences".
Any fees charged by GPs for services provided outside the terms of the GMS contract are a matter of private contract between the GP and their patients.
