Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 27 September 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Update on Sláintecare Reforms
Mr. Bernard Gloster:
Of course it could. That is market forces. My job is different. As I said, I would not want to get into being pejorative about anybody or any sector. The private hospitals have done a lot of good work with us and for us and I hope that will continue but I am very clear that we require a framework and a fair price set in that framework for predictability. We are offering substantial business and we are offering to continue substantial business. We have done that every day of this year. That is a very hard ask of the Department and of Government when given the position we have just had about the end-of-year deficit. To be fair to the Secretary General and the Minister, I went to them with a plan on this and they have not been found wanting.
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