Question from Deputy Pádraig Rice - PQ 46726-26

To ask the Minister for Health if an addendum to HSE HR Circular 008/2026 will be issued to ensure that consultants on the public only consultant contract are not rostered for on-call duties in relation to private patients (In view of a report in Saturday’s Irish Independenthttps://www.independent.ie/irish-news/health/calls-for-investigation-into-gifting-of-1500-to-rotunda-consultants-to-deliver-babies/a/156995194.html); and if she will make a statement on the matter.