Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)

I support this Bill in its entirety. The private health insurance market can never be unregulated. It is a market place. Historically, there has been only one provider in this country but, thankfully, we have competition now. This is about private health care. I hear the people opposite referring to the health system and the health service but the programme for Government has a reforming theme running through the health area.

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