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

Is there a health and safety issue? For example, pilots are only allowed to fly for so long, while truck drivers are only allowed to drive for so long. If someone is a consultant with a C contract who is obligated to work 33 hours a week, can he or she work as many hours as he or she likes outside of that number or is there an obligation to turn up half awake? Are there health and safety concerns if a consultant is working hard for 33 hours a week in meeting his or her commitment to the public system and then works in a private hospital? Is there a cap on how many hours he or she can work there? Does he or she come in on Monday morning after a weekend of performing round-the-clock surgery?