Michael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour)
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Question 642: To ask the Minister for Health in respect of 20 consultants engaged in the health system who are not employed by the consultant contract 2008 or the consultant contract 1997, their current contractual arrangements; the amount earned on an annual basis by each individual consultant in tabular form in which each consultant is based by hospital name and the discipline in which they practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27574/11]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that there are currently 2,503 approved consultant posts working in the Public Health Service. 2087 of these consultants work under Consultant Contract 2008 and 396 hold either Category I or Category II contracts under the 1997 agreement. In addition the HSE has advised that a number of consultants are Geographical Wholetime Consultants without fees under the 1997 Contract. These consultants devote substantially the whole of their professional time to the public hospital. e currently salary for this type of consultant is €178,779 per annum.

I have asked the Executive to collate the specific details requested by the Deputy in relation to the location and specialty of these consultants and to reply to him directly.