Dervla

On a slightly separate issue, and nobody has discussed this, in sludge care,

It sounds great.

Everybody goes public.

Where is the money going to come from?

Because all of the hospitals are refunded by insurance companies.

And I'm not talking just about obstetrics.

I'm talking about orthopedics, whatever specialty you want to take.

That money generated by insurance companies for public hospitals will eventually have to be replaced.

So where is that money going?

And where are those beds going to come from?

Because the private hospitals, if that happens, are going to be inundated.

And as a taxpayer in Ireland, every single human being in this country is entitled to care.

Now, obviously, that is a separate issue, but it's one that I feel needs to be discussed because there is a serious amount of money involved

that the insurance company pay the public hospitals.

And if they're being truthful, they would say to you, and they would agree with me, and they would say, well, yes, Catherine's 100% right.

So, Minister...

Where is the money going to come from?

Unlikely in a public hospital.

Yeah, but where are they going to go?

Where are all these patients going to go?