Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 23 October 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Private Activity in Public Hospitals: Discussion
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
Dr. de Buitléir said:
Obviously, the implementation of these recommendations gives rise to increases in public expenditure. The additional costs arise mainly from the loss of private income of public hospitals but also in relation to consultant pay - for those taking up the public-only contract - and the increased cost of treating greater numbers of public patients, and we have set out the final costs at the end of ten years and it comes to approximately €650 million per annum.
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