Michael Harty (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Could I ask Dr. Peadar Gilligan if there is a greater difficulty in recruiting consultants to model 2 hospitals rather than model 3 or model 4 hospitals? Is the policy that there are now joint appointments rather than full-time appointments to model 2 hospitals? Are people jointly appointed to model 3 or model 4 hospitals and then they also do a certain number of sessions in the model 2 hospitals? From my experience, model 2 hospitals struggle to recruit staff and to have a full complement of consultant staff.