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

Perhaps I should listen less.

What we are talking about tonight is universal health insurance and the commitments of the Government to introduce it. The difficulty the Minister has is that his colleagues are not committed to it. If they were, he would have produced more than the document entitled The Path to Universal Healthcare. He would have produced detailed proposals and the nuts and bolts of a policy. He has produced nothing other than a request to us to have a conversation about the critical issues concerning the suite of services in question. The critical question concerns what people will be entitled to. The Minister could not stand up here tonight and tell us. That is quite incredible.

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