Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Everybody will understand that what is involved is equity in access to treatment on the basis of medical need, as distinct from what one can pay and, in terms of community rating, those on lower levels subsidising those on higher levels. This is a serious piece of restructuring of the health service and I accept that we have to get it right. I do not want to see a situation where everybody is floundering around in confusion about what it does not mean and about costs that have been assessed.

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