HSE boss puts current cost of contract loophole at €30m

The Head of the Health Service Executive (HSE) says he does not know if we will ever have an accurate figure on the loss of income for public hospitals from the new consultants' contract.

Professor Brendan Drumm told the Dáil Public Accounts Committee earlier this year that the HSE would be down around €50m in 2009 because of a loophole in the agreement.