Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy will appreciate that I cannot, do not want to and would not presume to speak for the IMO or the IHCA. They will give their own view. I can say we are moving towards the Sláintecare contract. Once the contract is in place, the only contracts that will be given out for new entrants to the HSE are the Sláintecare contracts. Critically, and I think we are all agreed this is a core component of universal healthcare, the new contracts will only allow for public work in public hospitals.