Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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121. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the current hospital consultants’ contracts and if any changes are envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43414/14]

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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128. To ask the Minister for Health if consultant contracts will be revisited before the rollout of universal health care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43421/14]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 121 and 128 together.

The current Consultant Contract can be found on the HSE's website at . Given the provisions in the current contract regarding consultants' private practice, it will have to be revisited before the rollout of universal healthcare.