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Dervla

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And I would say very, very, very few doctors or consultants working in our health care system who would come out or come on your show and say, yes, I will provide different levels of safety.

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Safety, right?

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The most fundamental requirement of any medical care service.

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It starts with the safety of the patients.

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And you're actually going to say, if you don't give me 4,000 quid, your level of safety is going to be less than that of somebody who does.

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I don't actually believe, by the way,

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But they do provide different levels of safety.

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Because I think this would be hugely unethical.

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I don't think the medical council would stand over it.

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I don't think the medical profession would stand over it.

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But what this is doing is sending out a message.

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And this is the distress you're getting from a lot of your callers.

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What they're doing is sending out a message which is basically saying, if you really, really, really want to be safe, you have to give us a chunk of money.

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And that is simply wrong.

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Listen, I mean, really, I'm running out of patience.

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Stinton is preaching.

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He is a man who will never have a baby.

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I'm delighted that his kids were born in the public system when this country had probably at least a million less people.

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The reality is

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There are 39% of women in the Rotunda and more in Hollow Street who choose and who want to have consultant-led care.