Margaret Conlon (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)

I am pleased to contribute to the debate this evening. The Bill provides for the most significant changes to the provisions governing Voluntary Health Insurance since VHI was established 50 years ago in 1957. In the intervening period there has been only one other significant amending Act, the Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 1996.

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