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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: I wish everybody "Good morning" and thank them for their ongoing work. Dr. McNamara said earlier that 80% of interns have left Ireland.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: Is that figure correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: How many junior doctors would qualify-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: How many junior doctors would qualify per year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: Is that happening every year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: They qualify from-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: It seems absolutely extraordinary that this is happening. It is unbelievable. Does this happen in any other profession in Ireland? These are highly qualified, highly motivated and highly educated people who want to be doctors but three quarters of them are leaving the country. It is extraordinary.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: That works both ways.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: It is an extraordinary figure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: What is the draw?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: That can be addressed to a certain degree.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: The figures will obviously come down. There will always be people who want to go away to have a different experience. That is understandable. However, the numbers are unbelievable.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: The first page of the IMO's opening statement refers to the need for 5,000 additional acute hospital beds in a short time. Will the witnesses amplify what a short time means?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: That is the core.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: At the rate the country is going at the moment in terms of additional beds, to get to 5,000 beds will take decades. Is that right?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: Those who are listening today will say that the Government is spending colossal amounts of money on our health service yet there are big holes in its capacity. It is €24 billion per year, which is an unbelievable amount.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: I am not trying to defend the Government.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: Professor Sadlier was on the radio this morning to talk about the working time Act. The committee has discussed the issue many times. It seems amazing that workers in a medical environment are subjected to having to work these hours. There are regulations for truck drivers that mean they can only drive a certain number of hours per week. Doctors are subjected to dangerous hours when they...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: What is an SHO?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Employment of Consultants and Non-consultant Hospital Doctors in Public Hospitals: Irish Medical Organisation (22 May 2024)
Gino Kenny: I thank the witnesses.