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

One of the central policies in the programme for Government is universal health insurance. On 2 April the Taoiseach and the then Minister for Health published a White Paper on universal health insurance. It was light on detail and unclear as to what was intended with regard to the funding model, but on taking office the Minister rode back to a certain extent from that commitment to universal health insurance. What is the timeframe for the introduction of universal health insurance? Has it been put on the long finger or dropped?

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