Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if consultants are keen on her private hospitals initiative due to the fact that public hospitals are under resourced and many consultants are frustrated at not being able to carry out the work that they are trained to do. [35515/06]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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As I stated in the debate on the co-location initiative last week, arrangements will be put in place whereby consultants will be able to work at these co located private hospitals. The policy direction states that the development of the new private hospitals will be subject to better work practices being put in place in each of the public hospitals involved in the initiative. Many consultants at individual hospital level are keen to do this and have expressed their support for the initiative to me.