Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have not received that, or, rather, I have not had sight of it. I make the distinction between the two. I have not had sight of it.

I very well understand the point in respect of commencement. It is an opportunity to reflect again to the Minister the importance of the White Paper on the financing of universal health insurance. We are talking in a limbo situation in respect of the system that needs to be urgently addressed.

I wonder about the Minister's expectation on the passage of the legislation in respect of premiums and the customer base of the various competing health insurance providers. I would have hoped that the Minister might also have been of the view that he did not want to see a consequent further increase in already expensive premia on whole sections of our communities.