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Universal health insurance plans

Summary

Billy Kelleher asks for details and legislation on universal health insurance before the election; the Taoiseach says the Bill will not be available before the next election.

Universal health insurance is a commitment in the programme for Government. When will we see the finer detail of that commitment? When will a Bill be published? Can we have that debate well in advance of the election, given the fact that there seems to have been a great deal of undermining of the proposal by some Ministers? Could we have that Bill or the details of what the Government is proposing in advance of the election? The Irish people would like to know that the Government is proposing to hike up private health insurance costs by dramatic sums.

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Enda Kenny The Taoiseach Fine Gael

No, the House will not have the Bill before the next election.

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For God's sake.

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Enda Kenny The Taoiseach Fine Gael

I can advise the Deputy of the progress made towards universal health insurance-----

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Tell people after the election.

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Enda Kenny The Taoiseach Fine Gael

-----as I have referred to it on many occasions previously. Regarding the bankruptcy Bill arising from a text the Deputy might have received, the Minister for Justice and Equality will come before the-----

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No. It is Deputy Penrose's Bill.

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The Taoiseach has got it wrong.

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How does the Taoiseach know about the texts?

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We are discussing Deputy Penrose's Bill, not a text.

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Enda Kenny The Taoiseach Fine Gael

-----Cabinet in the next couple of weeks, a Cheann Comhairle.

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