Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

I thought the Deputy had a good opportunity to put the question. We do not intend to totally privatise services as we have a mixed model — public and private — with regard to medicine and the health service. When we discussed the issue of child care in the House last year, the Deputy referred to the importance of the informal sector and the importance of allowing people to make their own private arrangements. She had no problem in this regard. The inconsistency the Deputy demonstrates is a matter for her to explain.

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