We’re already quite similar so i think the NHS could be improved upon also & not necessarily be an ultimate aim, but the fact we still remain so far behind them, particularly in areas like the government having to pay 100’s of thousands per person!! To send people to the UK or private hospitals for eg eating disorder treatment (me included- I counted & me + a friend simultaneously cost the gov >500k in less than 6 months just for private hospitals in Dublin is wild- given we’re from the same town etc, never mind how much they spend on far more people, yet refuse to just put money to fund their own service is wild both monetarily which affects anyone, and just for the hse as a whole