Paschal Mooney (Fianna Fail)

BUPA's decision to leave the Irish market is a serious matter. As Senator Dardis pointed out, it concerns 475,000 people who will be without health insurance and 300 workers who face a bleak Christmas. All the indications were there following the judicial decision. I am not an apologist for BUPA, but it has regularly and constantly said in the media and in paid advertisements that if this judgement went against it, it would pull out. Yet I regularly read the opposite opinion by so-called experts that it would not leave because there was still such a potential business, and that it would not walk away from millions of euro. I hope the Government and the Leader will respond to this and convey the concern that has been expressed in this House. I want to add my voice to that.