Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 May 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There is just so much we could say about this but it is well covered in the opening statement from the IMO representatives. We have been dealing with this issue for far too long. There needs to be political will to deliver on it because we cannot just continue to ask junior doctors to work the hours they are working, with all the risks entailed for them and their patients. I would imagine there are some in training who will say to themselves that they will leave and do something else if this is not resolved.

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