Pádraig Rice (Cork South-Central, Social Democrats)

I support those calls in relation to the voluntary hospitals and the requirement the right information systems are put in place and that we have robust systems and the same systems across all of our hospitals and all of our health services. We are dealing with very large sums of public money. I believe €5 billion goes into voluntary hospitals. We need to ensure there are levels of accountability and transparency there. That is required so I support the calls from others around that and support the Minister's work in that area. If we require additional amendments to this Bill to require voluntary hospitals put these systems in place, does the Minister intend to bring forward more amendments in that regard?

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