Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

Requires pharmaceutical companies and medical equipment suppliers to report every year any payments, gifts, donations or other benefits they give to healthcare professionals or healthcare organisations. It would also create a public, searchable register kept by the Health Products Regulatory Authority, with powers to audit compliance and fines of up to €100,000 for failing to declare. The aim is to make financial ties in healthcare more open and to help protect ethical standards.

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Bill entitled an Act to require pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment suppliers and their servants or agents, to declare payments, gifts, donations or other transfers of values provided to healthcare professionals or health care organisations on an annual basis.

Last updated 20 June 2025