David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

My final question for Dr. Kilgallen concerns the opening statement of the IHCA, which mentioned new hospital consultant contracts and the pay inequality issue. This is also supported by the IMO. He said that there needs to be an agreement on hospital consultant contracts on terms that are agreed by the IHCA, which I assume he would also agree with from the point of view of his own organisation, the IMO. Has there been any negotiations with the Department, the HSE or the Minister on new contracts for dealing with the existing pay inequalities in consultant contracts in recent times?