Enterprise Liability Update
National Circular
Enterprise Liability Update
The IHCA Enterprise Liability Committee has held joint meetings with the MDU and MPS on Thursday January 15 and Sunday January 25 in an effort to reach a common understanding on historic liabilities.
The EL Committee has requested a meeting with the Minister for Health & Children, Mr. Micheal Martin TD, for (preferably) tomorrow Tuesday January 27 with historic liabilities as the single item on the agenda.
At the time of writing, we are not confident of reaching an agreement on historic liabilities before Sunday February 1 next.
Therefore, when members attend the Extraordinary General Meeting on Sunday next in the Berkeley Court Hotel at 2.00pm, among the decisions to be taken will be those on a Campaign of Action which will demonstrate to Minister Martin that he cannot break his word to consultants and that he cannot breach their contract with impunity.
Note
Members may have seen the reference in a recent Irish Times article where it was stated (non attributed) that the Department would impose a new contract on consultants should the need arise.
There are a number of other matters regarding Enterprise Liability which require clarification / further negotiation. These cannot be addressed until the impasse on historic liabilities has been overcome.
Updated estimates of the cost of membership of the MPS are expected in this office later this afternoon. While the MDU has promised similar statistics, we are not confident that they will arrive within the next 24 hours.
A comprehensive circular on the Association’s understanding of Enterprise Liability together with estimates of membership subscriptions from the MPS, and the MDU if available, will be e-mailed / posted to members on Tuesday the 27th.
Should anything of significance arise at our meeting with the Minister for Health, all members with e-mail addresses will be informed immediately.
We look forward to a record attendance at our EGM on Sunday next at 2.00pm in the Berkeley Court Hotel.
IHCA Extraordinary General MeetingSunday 1st February, 2004
Berkeley Court Hotel
2.00pm