Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 October 2009
267 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount that would be raised if she implemented a new contract on all hospital consultants which would cap their starting off pay at €100,000 with a maximum of €150,000 remuneration. [36881/09]
View answerI am advised by the HSE that there are currently 2,337 medical consultants in the public health system, of whom 1,986 are permanent and 351 are temporary/part-time locums. It would be difficult to calculate precise savings on the basis of the Deputy's suggestion, since the years of service of each consultant would have to be inputted to an assumed, but unspecified, salary scale between the starting salary and the top point of the salary scale. In addition, the extent of non-salary remuneration for each consultant in such a revised contract would have to be factored in, if a total remuneration cap per person of €150,000 were in place.
