Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Why is it working so well in one area and not in the other? Is it because of funding or admission fees? One of the witnesses stated the HSE has indicated a willingness to fund admissions to private facilities. How many HSE patients are in that system or are they all private patients? There seems to be a huge disparity between the two services. Cash is king. The cash cow is working perfectly but most of those in the system that is funded by our taxes and which is supposed to be supplying the service will have to be admitted to the private service to try to sort them out and allow them to return to work the following week.