Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Pádraig Rice - PQ 54258-26
Deputy Rice asked about public-only consultants in laboratories in public hospitals being engaged in private work on site. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and Public Affairs
Published: July 2026
Updated: October 2026
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health if she has investigated if public-only consultants in laboratories in other public hospitals are engaged in private work on site (Other than UHG); if other public laboratories have service level agreements in place with private facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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