The Government is “anti-doctor” and “anti-consultant”, the head of the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) has contended. He said the IMO would intensify efforts to get the Government to reverse the two-tier pay policy. He said it was now seven months since the Public Service Pay Commission had highlighted the two-tier pay scale as a key reason why consultant posts remained unfilled. He said 83 per cent of consultants surveyed said the 2012 pay cut had a detrimental impact on patient care. These cuts were a retrograde step and have set medical recruitment back years in Ireland.

Source: The Irish Times March 28, 2019 13:07 UTC