Seanad debates

Wednesday, 25 June 2003

Council Regulation on Procedures for amending the Sirene Manual: Referral to Joint Committee. - Health Service Reform: Statements (Resumed).

 

The Minister also touched on the issue of looking at value for money abroad. My daughter lives in Paris with her three children and she has often had to use the French system. I am so impressed at the efficiency of the French system that I investigated it to see if we could learn something from it. It seems to work very well. One of the reasons for this is that the money for the health system does not come from a central fund and it is ring-fenced. As far as I am aware, this money is paid in by each citizen. The Minister is probably well aware of this and I know it is a difficult issue for us to handle. However, it seems that if the money we invest in the health system is coming from the big purse of the Department of Finance, it is much more difficult to plan in advance.

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