Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am sure the Minister's failure to respond to my earlier question was an oversight on his part. The charges set out in the revised Schedule 1 differ from those in the original text. Are the new figures based on the Department's estimated cost of a hospital bed or the need to generate an income of €30 million per annum? It is either one or the other. Does the Department expect the new charges to generate the €30 million required or does it consider these charges to be the actual cost of maintaining a bed in a public hospital?

See this speech in context