David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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597. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to fully remove private healthcare from public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43290/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Estimates of costs on the expansion of public activity in public hospitals were set out in the 2017 Sláintecare Report. Independently-chaired talks are ongoing between officials from my Department, the HSE, and hospital consultants' representative bodies (the IMO and IHCA) on the proposed public-only contract. With these important talks ongoing, it would inappropriate for me to publicly pre-empt any potential outcome or potential associated costs.