Mr. Tadhg Daly:

We would argue that it is abusing its dominance because what it is doing based on the feedback from our members is that it is not taking account of the legitimate fee increases. I made the point in my opening statement that from October 2016 to February 2018 the cost of care in the public system had increased by 11%, cognisant of increased salaries, increased wages and increased costs of operations, whereas the corresponding increase provided by the NTPF on average was 3.9% in the private sector.