Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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102. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the ongoing legal action taken by consultants in relation to payments due under contracts, known as the common consultant’s contract agreed in 2008, in which they claim the HSE’s actions amount to breach of contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48116/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The HSE and the Departments of Health, Public Expenditure and Reform and Finance are defending the cases taken by consultants in which they claim the HSE's actions amount to a breach of the common contract agreed in 2008. Under the direction of the High Court, 10 lead cases have been identified and a timeline for progression of the proceedings agreed, with the hearing date set for 20th February 2018. A robust defence is being progressed in the public interest.