Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 January 2017

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare

Health Service Reform: Private Hospitals Association

9:00 am

Mr. Simon Nugent:

The Deputy asked how many are private-only as opposed to mixed public-private contracts. That is remarkably hard to count because many consultants work in more than one private hospital.

I believe the answer to the question is that there are about 300 consultants who only work in private hospitals and that more than 800 consultants are working in one or more private hospitals. That is as good as I can do.