Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Question 95: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of salary that has been agreed for medical consultants who also serve as professors in university medical schools; the way those salaries compare with those paid to professors in other disciplines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45493/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Arising from the successful conclusion of the Consultants' Contract negotiations earlier this year, the current salary scales applicable to newly appointed Academic Consultants are as follows:

Professor Type A Contract — €273,000 to €284,000

Professor Type B Contract — €255,000 to €265,000

Professor Type C Contract — €231,000 to €241,000

As part of their teaching commitment to a public hospital:

Type A contract holders will be remunerated solely by way of salary and may not engage in private practice;

Type B contract holders may engage in limited private practice on the public hospital campus (including in a co-located hospital);

Type C contract holders, who will be appointed in exceptional circumstances where there is a demonstrable benefit to the public health system, will be entitled to treat private patients outside the public hospital campus.

The Department of Education and Science has advised that the current salaries of professors in teaching institutions range from €117,000 to €159,000.

Academic Consultants have a teaching commitment to both public hospitals and universities. They also have a national leadership role in curriculum reform and development, research network co-ordination and administrative links in their particular field of specialisation.