Hospital consultants who can earn up to €250,000 a year will have to be paid more if vacant positions are to be filled, according to Fianna Fáil’s finance spokesman Michael McGrath. The Cork TD said the Government will need to “bite the bullet” and accept pay will have to increase for consultants. Consultants who are allowed treat private patients in their public hospital would get a salary rise from €170,000 to €225,000. In an interview with the Irish Examiner, Mr McGrath said: “Some of the cuts in health may have been politically popular, like the extra cut to consultants pay in 2012, but it really appears not to have been a smart move. However, the Irish Hospital Consultants Association insists that some of the salary amounts included are gross, while others are net, and the pay in some countries is not directly comparable.

Source: Irish Examiner January 05, 2019 04:41 UTC