Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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160. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to ensure that the 80:20 percentage division between public and private practice in public hospitals for consultants is vigorously observed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33993/16]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The current consultant contract which was negotiated in 2008 provides for the regulation of private practice and includes mechanisms for ensuring compliance by consultants with the permitted ratio of public to private practice.

Section 20 of the Consultant Contract 2008 provides for the regulation of private practice and the mechanisms for ensuring compliance with the 80:20 ratio of public to private practice. Section 4 b), states that “both the Consultant and the Employer shall co-operate in giving effect to such arrangements as are put into place to verify the delivery of the Consultant’s contractual commitments” and Section 12 l), requires the Consultant “to participate in and facilitate production of all data/information required to validate delivery of duties and functions and inform planning and management of service delivery.”

I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter.