Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 June 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (Resumed)

Mr. Robert Watt:

I have not considered the matter in detail, but I do not see objections to salaried GPs, and if the State says that it wants to hire somebody on a salaried basis and it wants him or her to work in a primary care centre. We set out what the conditions of employment would be, what we want such people to do, we put a salary on it, and off we go. It does not have to be-----