Michael Colreavy (Sligo-North Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I wish to raise two issues although they are not questions for the witnesses present. I always understood that one of the underlying founding principles of the HSE is that access to health care is based on medical need, rather than ability to pay or geographic location. We now learn that access to health care is based on need, geographic location and a hospital's pharmacy budget.