Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 October 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Private Activity in Public Hospitals: Discussion

Photo of Michael HartyMichael Harty (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

According to the report, there are eight types of consultant contract dating back to 1991. What Dr. de Buitléir is proposing is that in the public system, there be one contract type, namely, a public-only contract, and that if someone wished to practise private medicine, he or she would do it outside his or her public hours or as a private-only consultant.

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