Seán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the review and the fact that we are looking again at the length of time. Six to nine months would be good in terms of some of these projects but I accept that the planning system is a different matter.

On the consultant contract that is being discussed currently, what in-built measures are included for weekend rotas for consultants, for example? As I understand it, part of the issue in emergency departments in some hospitals is a lack of consultants. Some hospitals are better than others in terms of the availability of consultants and we obviously have to learn from the better ones.