Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 March 2023

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed)

Dr. Adeelia Goffe:

No. I think the goal is to get rid of the need people feel they have for it. The fact that 46% of the population in Ireland has private health insurance is a problem. It means many people do not trust the health system. I refer to reducing that percentage and increasing the faith people have in receiving healthcare in respect of achieving any improvement in being able to access GP services, to have shorter waiting lists and in children being able to get quicker diagnoses.