Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I would like to create a universal healthcare service in line with Sláintecare. I think the Deputy's group is the only one that possibly has not signed up to Sláintecare. We both agree we need extra capacity, but Deputy Murphy wants me to just go in and take it. I recognise the reality of the world and that we might have to pay for it. The Deputy did not like the deal we had. We ended that deal, and he is not happy now that I am going to do a new deal. We are going to do a new arrangement, and it will be an arrangement that will enable the State to step in if, God forbid, there is a second surge or wave of Covid-19. It will also explore how we can secure extra capacity for non-Covid-19 care. When I have that arrangement agreed and brought to Government, we will share the information with this House.

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