Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In early December the Health Insurance Authority is to publish a detailed report on the state of the health insurance market in this country, but we are due to have a debate on the Health (Amendment) Bill which will be before the Dáil this week. Would it be possible to shelve that debate until such time as we have had a detailed discussion on foot of the analysis by the Health Insurance Authority because of the fragility of the health insurance market? More than 6,000 people a month are leaving the private health insurance market. We would, therefore, be discussing the Bill in a vacuum. Will the Taoiseach consider parking it, given that he is in such a good mood for clamping?

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