Sinead O'Carroll

And I think, you know, why should those women not have the right to choose?

And I think Sinead is right.

And it's a funny one because you can see where the minister in some ways is coming from.

If there's a contract agreed, the contract should be followed as the contract is written.

However, how did the government not see this issue coming?

I thought it was interesting that the master of Hollis Street said that a lot of their consultants aren't on those public-only contracts for that reason, so they can keep providing the private care.

And

I think there's going to have to be some kind of agreement here.

I don't think pulling funding from the hospital is in any way, shape or form the right thing to do.

It's not as if it's some, you know, state body caught up in some financial scandal.

This is we're talking about women's health care here.

And, you know, speaking to people about during the week on this, it's really, really simple.

Why can we not get access to the same doctor all the time in the public system as we do in the private system?

Why do I have to keep going in?

If I have had traumatic experiences, why do I have to keep telling that over and over again to a new doctor every single time I'm in?

So while you can understand where Minister Karen McNeill is coming from and wanting the contract to be followed until the public system can act like the private system can.

So it goes back to the insurance issue again.

So is this just about insurance?

And how do they not see the issue coming is the other question.

If there's no private maternity hospitals, there used to be, that is not now, but if there's no private maternity hospitals, how do they not see this issue coming?