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

My final question is about the National Treatment Purchase Fund. The Irish Hospital Consultants Association said that nearly 1 million people are on waiting lists. What percentage of the 1 million people waiting on medical procedures will be directed towards the private health system? We all agree that there is a two-tier health system in this country. There is a private health system and a public one. Sláintecare is a policy that in some way aims to introduce a universal health system. When one digs down, one can see that private healthcare is still as evident as it was a number of years ago and is still playing a significant role in the overall healthcare system. This makes one think that private healthcare will not be eradicated but will have a bigger role to play in Sláintecare. What percentage of people on waiting lists will be directed towards private healthcare?