Madam, - Gerard Barry says (The Irish Times, April 8th) it is a matter of record that the health service unions have engaged in a number of serious industrial disputes in recent years in pursuit of pay increases.
For the record, the Irish Hospital Consultants Association has a strict no-strike policy. This policy was reaffirmed at our recent extraordinary general meeting. Consequently, this association has not pursued any claim for a pay increase by means of industrial action. - Yours, etc.,
DONAL DUFFY,
Assistant Secretary General,
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IHCA,
Dundrum,
Dublin 14.