Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare
Health Service Reform: Private Hospitals Association
9:00 am
Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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I will be very brief. I appreciate the honesty shown on the issue of beds. I am delighted with the honesty shown on the issue of accountability because it has come up over and over again. In the past ten years have the delegates seen a lot more demands on private hospitals? Based on the current system, do they think there will be a demand for a lot more private hospitals? Is it a reflection on the fact that the public health service is not working?