Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Anybody who decides to build a private facility does so on his or her own initiative. Obviously, there is a record of the State sometimes striking agreements and the like, largely through the NTPF, but that is independent of me. It should be independent of me. Any decision to build a private facility, insofar as it adds capacity, is good in the short term.