Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 May 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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This, to me, is astounding. Essentially, what has happened is that the HSE and, I suppose, the Government have decided that, rather than fixing the problem, they will just pay for it. I would imagine the payment was meant to be some sort of punitive measure to penalise hospitals-----