Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her plan to employ new hospital consultants on public only contracts will affect her proposal to build private hospitals on the grounds of public hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15514/06]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The Health Service Executive employers agency has tabled proposals for a new consultant's contract which envisages consultants practising exclusively in the public sector. The impact of the new contract on proposals to locate private facilities on public hospital sites is one of a range of issues that will fall to be considered as part of the transition arrangements to a new contract.