Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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699. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of the deal reached between the Health Service Executive and the Irish Medical Organisation for the restoration of the living out allowance for non-consultant doctors; the source from which this money will be allocated; if he or the HSE consulted with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12790/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Living Out Allowance was abolished for new entrant non-consultant hospital doctors (Intern, Senior House Officer and Registrar grades) in 2012. Following the agreement reached between the IMO, Department of Health and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform last month, the allowance will be incorporated in to the basic salary of these doctors from 1 July 2017. It is estimated that this will cost approximately €16 million in a full year and €8 million in 2017. This restoration will be implemented and funded in the context of the forthcoming Public Sector Pay Talks.