Robert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It seems unreasonable that the State should have to carry the can in cases in which somebody decides to opt for private health care provision. I suppose it is a question for me to raise with the Minister for Health.

Let me change tack entirely and ask one or two questions on Government debt. We are obviously greatly relieved that we are out of the bailout arrangement at this stage and that our circumstances are a little more stable. Mr. Corrigan indicated this to some extent in his answers to Deputy O'Donnell. What proportion of the current national debt is attributable to bank stabilisation measures?