Junior doctor gets more than €136k in overtime payments

ONE junior doctor in the midwest last year received €136,692 in overtime payments, it was confirmed yesterday.

According to records released through the Freedom of Information Act, a total of €10.67m in overtime payments was claimed in 2010 by junior doctors in the Limerick/ Clare/Tipperary region.

The payment of €136,692 to a registrar operating in medicine, at Limerick’s Midwest Regional Hospital represents more than a doubling of the pay rates to registrars, which range from €50,578 to €60,305.