Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

Over 100,000 people have left private health insurance companies and there is a significant crisis developing in respect of access to private health insurance. This is having an impact on hard-pressed families across the country and serious issues arise. In the context of the proposals in the programme for Government and promised legislation on universal health insurance, can the Tánaiste indicate to the House when proposals pertaining to the introduction of universal health insurance will be introduced and when legislation on the governance of the HSE or the health service will be brought forward?

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