Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 July 2019

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion

Mr. Stephen Mulvany:

I do not know the specifics of the contractual piece. There is a danger we are straying into commenting on policy, which I will not do. However, the vast bulk of the paediatricians who will be the staff of that new hospital on day one are, I would imagine, the paediatricians who are currently the staff of Crumlin, Tallaght and Temple Street hospitals. It is those paediatricians and other staff who will largely form the staff of the new hospital. They may be given a new contract but they are existing staff members.