Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

He has made it clear that the CEOs of hospital groups should be allowed to transfer the management of hospitals to private providers. Where is the commitment? This is all about the privatisation of what should be a citizen's entitlement. This is an insight into the Government and how and why it presides. One must ask the question of why this is so and why we are in this difficulty. Why are the nurses going out on strike? Will the Taoiseach not just admit that the Government's long-term plan is to abandon even the pretence of public ownership models of health care, which is why it will not adequately invest in the public health system?

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