Written answers

Tuesday, 3 February 2015

Department of Health

Hospital Consultants Contract

Photo of Billy KelleherBilly Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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430. To ask the Minister for Health the official policy in relation to the circumstances in which category C consultant posts should be approved both for new entrants and for doctors wishing to change over from another form of contract [4531/15]

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Section 22 e) of the Consultant Contract 2008 states that a Consultant seeking to change from Type A, B or B* contract to a Type C contract should apply to the Consultant Applications Advisory Committee. In the event that the Type C Committee does not agree to the application, it is referred to the Director General of the Health Service for a final decision.

Applications for a change of Contract Type to Contract Type B* or C are considered on condition that the total number of Consultants holding B*, Type C and Category 2 Contracts is subject to an upper limit of such posts within the system. The upper limit – as set out at Appendix VII of the Contract – is stated as 'approximately 700'.

Photo of Billy KelleherBilly Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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431. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors appointed for the first time in the Irish public hospital system voluntary hospitals as well as Health Service Executive-run hospitals under category C consultant contracts since 1 January 2014 [4532/15]

Photo of Billy KelleherBilly Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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432. To ask the Minister for Health the number of senior doctors currently employed on a contract other than a category C contract who have applied to the Health Service Executive to change to a category C contract since 1 January 2014; and the number of such changes which have been approved by the HSE over the same time period [4533/15]

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 431 and 432 together.

I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on the matter. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

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