Kate O'Connell (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There is a significant morale issue. It is difficult for a doctor working in a busy hospital in Dublin to hear that a locum doctor in Bantry who can put on his coat at the end of his shift and walk out the door is being paid €415,000. A permanent consultant cannot walk out the door, go home and cook dinner for his or her children, but the guy in Cork who can walk out is getting one and a half times the salary but none of the hassle, if one wants to call it that, or the training and development. One can understand why people lose faith in the system.