Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 October 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Private Activity in Public Hospitals: Discussion

I accept what Dr. de Buitléir is saying. I will mention as an example the case of someone who wants to do research, is unable to do it within the HSE structure, but is able to do it in connection with a third party. Under his or her contract, he or she might be restricted from doing the research. One of the big complaints we hear from many consultants is that they are not given an opportunity to do research to help to develop further the care they can provide. That is a simple example of what I am talking about. In this case, the off-site work that they are not allowed to do is research and development work.

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