Liam Twomey (Wexford, Fine Gael)

What will this cost the private patient in the long term? The private patient will now end up paying not only €268 million which will be transferred to the private sector but, according to Mr. Finn when he was in front of the Joint Committee on Health and Children, probably double that figure. Does the Minister accept that private patients may find their premiums increasing dramatically because a sum in excess of €500 million will be required?

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