McGrath accused of ‘volte face’ on pay for hospital staff

A Government minister was accused of performing a total “volte face” and being “disingenuous” on the issue of pay for staff in voluntary hospitals.

Super junior health minister Finian McGrath was at the receiving end of stinging criticism in the Dáil during a debate on pay rates in so-called section 39 hospitals.

The private member’s motion was brought forward by Fianna Fáil’s public expenditure spokesman Dara Calleary, who said the pay disparity was grossly unfair.