Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As a person who has worked in and used the health system, I do have confidence in it. One only has to look at the outcomes. Whether it is life expectancy, cancer survival, stroke, heart disease, maternal mortality or neonatal mortality, we have much better patient outcomes compared with the National Health Service of our nearest neighbour.

That does not mean that I am for one second blind to the problems that many patients face. When asked if that they are happy with our health service, the vast majority of patients give it very high ratings in the patient experience survey. However, there are patients who face real issues of access-----

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