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The Consultant Guide

Under the agreement, new entrant Consultants will skip points 4 and 8 of their respective salary scale.
The measures should be applied to applicable Consultants as they are due to reach point 4 and 8 on
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or after 1 March 2020.
To clarify, if at the start of the year 2020 you were on point 3, you should be placed on point 5 upon
reaching your increment date this year. Similarly, if you were on point 7, you will skip point 8 and be
placed on point 9 on your increment date.

If you had progressed beyond point four when the new arrangements came into effect, you may avail
of a ‘double’ skip subsequently. Please contact the IMO for further details.

We would advise member to check their payslips to ensure that this measure was applied correctly.,
Please contact the IMO should you have any queries in this regard. The IMO was a party to the
agreement that ended the freeze, and also sought to aid new entrants, and is ready to help.

On-Call Allowances

On-call is paid for by way of B Factors and C Factors. The liability to be on-call is covered by B-factor
payments. C-Factors are rates paid per call-out made. The rates vary depending on the frequency and
level of call.

The current payment rates are available at Appendix 2.

Applications for C-factor payments must be made through the HR or Medical Manpower Department
of your employer no later than 3 months after the call relating to the claim. If you require assistance
securing C-factor payments owed from your current or previous employer, please contact the
Member Advisory Unit of the IMO.

Structured on-site Rates
If you are working on a Saturday or Sunday in a structured fashion (not on-call), having delivered,
thirty-nine hours in the period from Monday to Friday, then you are entitled to structured payment
rates. These are as follows:

• Saturday – time + ¼ (i.e. your hourly rate x 1¼)
• Sunday/Public Holiday – double time.

CME Allowance
The continued medical education (CME) allowance is an annual allowance of €3,000 per Consultant.
Pat-time Consultants are eligible for the full amount. Consultants who only work at certain times in
year are eligible to receive the applicable amount on a pro-rata basis.

Registration fees for relevant educational courses are covered under this allowance along with
medical books/journals required for further study provided they are not available in your hospital.
Annual registrations in a recognised professional competence scheme qualifies under the CME
allowance.

Funds cannot typically be ‘rolled-over’ unless you were unable to avail due to being on leave
(Maternity or sick leave; annual leave does not qualify) or other exceptional circumstances. However,
in light of the pandemic the HSE-NTDP have confirmed that CME allowances for 2020 and 2021 can
be ‘rolled-over’ into 2022. The amount should be used by the end of 2022. Your employer should be
aware of this decision.

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