Garda inquiry into Varadkar GP contract leak upgraded to formal investigation Minister rejects suggestion that Tánaiste should step aside pending completion of inquiry
Sun, Mar 14, 2021, 11:05 Updated: Sun, Mar 14, 2021, 15:35
A preliminary Garda inquiry into the leaking of a confidential document by Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has been upgraded to a formal investigation.
The investigation relates to allegations that, Mr Varadkar, who was then taoiseach, improperly leaked a confidential copy of a proposed new General Practitioner (GP) contract to a friend, Dr Maitiú Ó Tuathail in April 2019
The contract contained details of the deal the government had provisionally agreed with the Irish Medical Organisation. At the time, Dr Ó Tuathail was president of the National Association of GPs, a rival organisation representing GPs that is now defunct.
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