Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

For clarity, I was not suggesting necessarily that the C contract was the solution to the problem. I was asking whether the IHCA saw it as a solution to the problem of recruitment or retention. On top of that, everyone around the table accepts that the vast majority of consultants work exceptionally long hours and go above and beyond the call of duty. However, if that is the case, I assume that each and every delegate is exceptionally angry at those who are not fulfilling at the very minimum their contractual obligations. I assume that is a given. With that in mind and getting back to the C contract, there is a committee on which Mr. Liam Woods sits which is called the C contract committee. That is where primarily consultants make applications to move from an A contract to a C contract. Is that the case?