Calls to revisit private hospital deal as beds lying empty despite €115m-per-month cost to taxpayer

An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar (left) and Minister for health Simon Harris at Government Buildings, Dublin. (Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland/PA Wire)

Senior doctors are calling on the Government to revisit a taxpayer-funded €115m-a-month deal with private hospitals as three-quarters of their beds lie empty.