Batt O'Keeffe
Question:62 Mr. B. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health his views on the fact that under the common contract, consultants can take time off from duties in hospitals to pursue private practice whether it be at the courts or at tribunals and there is no recoupment whatsoever to the State; and the action, if any, he proposes to take on the matter. [10436/97]