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

Will the Minister for Health provide an update on the implementation of the commitments in the programme for Government on universal health insurance and his views on whether both parties in Government remain committed to the goal of universal health insurance based on multiple insurers as opposed to universal health care? I would appreciate it if a bit of honesty could be brought to the debate on this issue. We now have conflicting views and reports from various Ministers, the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste and there seems to be continual change of emphasis in the language from the Minister around universal health care as opposed to universal health insurance.

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