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 know. How long has the HSE known? We have a report that 650 so-called consultants operate as specialists in this country but are not on the specialist register and the Medical Council has walked us through the figures. If the HSE is responsible for making sure that doctors are actually doctors, how long has the HSE known that specialist doctors are not specialist doctors in some cases?