Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)

We would have a health service that is as efficient as those of many of our European colleagues.

Year five will see the introduction of universal health insurance, with mandatory health insurance chosen from a range of providers. This will be overseen by a universal health insurance commission, which we will establish early in the lifetime of a Fine Gael-led Government. Under universal health insurance, everyone will receive free general practitioner care, with premiums either paid for or subsidised by the State. The cost will be no higher than current private health insurance premiums, with the State paying the total insurance cost of children and those with medical cards. Some 75%-----

See this speech in context