Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)

That is the exact opposite of what she told the House yesterday, when she spoke about a unified system on the grounds of public hospitals between public and private hospitals. We have now got an admission from the Minister that she sees this competition by the new co-located hospitals against our public hospitals as in order. That is fundamentally different to what she told the House yesterday and to her stated position. Has the Minister full confidence in Professor Drumm, given that he is clearly opposed to her ideology-driven model of providing additional private beds on public lands?

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