Alan Shatter
Question:212 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children whether it is the intention of his Department to require any health board to insist on a new agreement for consultants in relation to scheduling, rostering, rest days and other matters as a precondition to signing the new revised contracts for medical consultants; whether he advised the Irish Medical Organisation that no such agreement would be required as a precondition; the communication, if any, that has taken place between him and each health board in this regard; and the concerns, if any, expressed to him regarding the approach of the Western Health Board. [6932/98]