Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

While I can understand why some Deputies with a particular ideological bias object to co-location, I do not understand why many Deputies do not see that the question of co-location relates to the total absence of any pricing system within our hospital structures. The Minister, Deputy Harney, has mentioned this evening that more than 100,000 people have had to be treated under the National Purchase Treatment Fund. In that context, the Deputies opposite should examine carefully the health service structures, systems and operations which are producing such an extraordinary level of demand.

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