Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

-----for my purposes, when free GP care is not free. That is my question. It certainly has suggested to me at least a lack of clarity and lack of coherence in this coalition's approach to health care.

The White Paper on universal health insurance should be published immediately. I wonder whether the Minister of State has anything to tell us in that regard, given that it was before the sub-committee yesterday and, I would expect, perhaps before Cabinet today, but I could be wrong in that regard. I again ask that the Minister of State use his good offices with his senior Minister to ensure it is published and that everyone can judge its merits for himself or herself. We can then commence a real debate focused on the facts of the document's content and on the needs of health service users as we each individually believe.

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