Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 May 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Medical Council Specialist Register: Discussion

9:00 am

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I appreciate that point. I acknowledge that recruitment and retention is a really important conversation but that is not what I asked about. Thus far, the answer that has been given to my question is that it is the doctor's employer. Who is a doctor's employer? Is it the hospital? Is it the HSE? Who ultimately is accountable for what is happening? Is it individual hospitals?