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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 27 Feb 1997

Vol. 475 No. 6

Written Answers. - Consultants' Salaries.

Brian Cowen

Question:

97 Mr. Cowen asked the Minister for Health the total amount paid to each hospital consultant over the past six years. [5578/97]

Limerick East): Details of the rates of remuneration applying to hospital consultants employed in the public health service holding the consultants' common contract from 1 June 1991 to date are set out on the following tabular statement. In addition to the allowances set out on the tabular statement an additional earmarked fund of £0.5 million a year has been distributed among health service employers for disbursement to consultants with particularly onerous levels of emergency duty.

Information on the precise amounts paid in salary and allowances by public health service employers to individual hospital consultants are not available in my Department as these are matters between individual hospital consultants and their employers, having regard inter alia to the type of consultant post held and the level of call out etc.

Remuneration of Hospital Consultants holding the Consultants Common Contract

Category

Salaries

1/6/91

1/1/92

1/1/93

1/6/94

1/6/95

1/6/96

1/10/96

1/1/97

Geographical Wholetime without Fees

56,160

57,845

60,014

61,214

62,438

63,375

64,326

64,969

Geographical Wholetime with Fees

EHB

48,500

49,955

51,828

52,865

53,922

54,731

55,552

56,108

SHB, MWHB, NEHB, SEHB

51,000

52,530

54,500

55,590

56,702

57,553

58,416

59,000

Psychiatrists, Geriatricians

MHB, WHB, NWHB

53,500

55,105

57,171

58,314

59,480

60,372

61,278

61,891

Existing Wholetime

EHB

45,500

46,865

48,622

49,594

50,586

51,345

52,115

52,636

SHB, MWHB, NEHB, SEHB

48,000

49,440

51,294

52,320

53,366

54,166

54,978

55,528

Psychiatrists, Geriatricians

MHB, WHB, NWHB

50,500

52,015

53,966

55,045

56,146

56,988

57,843

58,421

Category

Allowances

1/6/91

1/1/92

1/1/93

1/6/94

1/6/95

1/6/96

1/10/96

1/1/97

Extended Duty Liability

3,000

3,090

3,206

3,270

3,335

3,385

3,436

3,470

Emergency Services

1. Call out fee

31.70

32.65

33.87

34.55

35.24

35.77

36.31

36.67

2. After midnight

42.24

43.51

45.14

46.04

46.96

47.66

48.37

48.85

3. Beyond 1 hour

21.10

21.73

22.54

22.99

23.45

23.80

24.16

24.40

4. Calendar year limit

4,000

4,120

4,275

4,361

4,448

4,515

4,583

4,629

EHB = Eastern Health Board

NWHB = North-Western Health Board

MHB = Midland Health Board

SEHB= South-Eastern Health Board

MWHB = Mid-Western Health Board

SHB= Southern Health Board

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