The Medical Council has said it will provide the Gardaí or the Director of Public Prosecutions with copies of any transcipts or reports in relation to the Michael Shine inquiry, if required.
The inquiry into allegations of professional misconduct on the part of Mr Michael Shine took place before the Medical Council’s Fitness to Practise Committee over twelve days, from 17th January to 21st July 2008.
Mr Shine was struck off the medical register late last year after the Medical Council found him guilty of professional misconduct over his inappropriate behaviour towards three male patients while working as a consultant general surgeon at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda.
In respect of the three patients, the committee found that Mr Shine had abused his professional position by breaching the trust inherent in the doctor/ patient relationship, bringing the medical profession into disrepute, and failing to treat each of these patients with due dignity and respect.
The committee also found that Mr Shine had abused his professional position by making sexual advances, indecent suggestions and undertaking inappropriate medical examinations.
Mr Shine worked at the hospital from 1964 until 1995, when he retired on a full pension following complaints against him over the alleged sexual assault and indecent assault.
The Medical Council has said that while they would give copies of documents to the DPP and Gardaí, it would not be publishing transcipts of the inquiry.