Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

In the health area, a number of medical consultants are also earning more than €200,000 per annum. I do not know what influence the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, has over the Government but he has been able to have the salaries of medical consultants exempted from examination in terms of the overall pay strategy for public servants. They have been excluded from the process. As I stated earlier, the Minister, Deputy Reilly, is looking after his friends in the medical profession just as is the Government here today.

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