David Quinn

Yeah.

So, I mean, I suppose an overarching question here, and I suppose Brenda's point is it's like private schools.

Is there an objection ideologically to having any private schools for parents who can pay over and above to put their children into private schools?

And private schools are state subsidised because the teacher's salaries get paid by the state.

And then everything extra gets paid by the private fees.

And of course, you know, there are people with a deep ideological objection to either private health care or private education.

And Brenda Barr is coming on down on the side of people who do use private education, do use private health care and thinks they should be allowed to do it if they want.

But this is the thing.

And you see a point, I see there's a piece by Jennifer Carroll McNeill in the Daily Mail today about this whole row.

And probably if about 40 percent of the country of private health care is probably about 100 percent of Fine Gael voters, I'd be guessing.

So it's kind of funny to see.

And even if she, you know, whether she's right or wrong, it is a slight irony and kind of seeing a Fine Gael health minister very much kind of coming out against private health care in this particular case.

But my overarching question in this isn't even an ideological one.

about private versus public health care and what the mix between the two should be.

It's are these public-only consultant contracts making the health care system better or not?

I mean, is it actually improving things for people overall, whether they're in private or public health care?

And I have no idea what the answer to that question is.

So you're asking me?

I thought you were asking Peter, actually, to comment.

Yeah, I mean, private health cover, I mean, like it's going to be people like kind of typically middle-class incomes are going to go for private health cover.