Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

The former Minister for Health said last March that there was no room for private healthcare during the pandemic. I was contacted by a person yesterday. To get a Covid test in the public health service, it would take this person 24 hours to get an appointment and 48 hours for results. That is three and a half days, I think. However, someone who pays €250 to the Beacon Consultants Clinic would get a result in 12 hours. How does that match up when we have paid €350 million to private healthcare arising from the pandemic?