Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 23 October 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Private Activity in Public Hospitals: Discussion
Dr. Donal de Buitléir:
That is part of it. It is proving very difficult to reduce health expenditure. If we took out the funding of €524 million, which is decreasing, the hospital system could not survive and it would have to be funded from the Exchequer. If the costs of health insurance decreases, taxes must increase. Tax will increase anyway because of demographics.
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