Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The other argument concerns the revenue costs in terms of job opportunities created by opening up a region or through the investment in a hospital. Where a hospital is running at crisis point, it is inefficient, costly and is sending stuff out to the private sector. People get sicker and undergo more complicated and costly operations. If we are running efficiently, in theory it should be cheaper, even though more nurses are employed and so on. I hear Professor Kinsella’s point, however.