Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)

I am surprised I have to explain to the Minister for Health and Children that there is no onus on St. Vincent's Hospital to force people into the private institution. Under this scheme the Minister claims 1,000 beds will be taken from the public sector and put into private hospitals. The only way one can do that is by driving people from public beds into private hospitals. Otherwise the Minister's words are untrue.

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