Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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What are the Minister's plans for pay equality for consultants? In light of recent reports, there is a significant mismatch between the pay for new entrants and more senior doctors. Is the Minister looking at a pathway to bridging that gap or to providing a new contract?

Hospital trusts legislation has been in the ether for a long time. There are boards of hospital trusts which have no legislative oversight and there are appointments occurring to them without any clarity. What is the update on that?

What is the process for tendering for work under the NTPF? Many public hospitals carry out NTPF work on Saturdays. What are the governance criteria for this? Does a public consultant get paid in addition to his or her public contract for NTPF work done in a public hospital? How is that audited? Could there be a perverse incentive for somebody who has a large waiting list to control those waiting lists around the NTPF process in public hospitals?