Healthcare in Ireland is financed by the state. Citizens have the option of buying additional private health insurance. There are public as well as private hospitals. Private patients are often treated in public hospitals, as by definition all privately insured patients have an entitlement to use the publicly funded system.
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Response rates from 36.8k Sinn Féin voters.
18% More |
78% Less |
17% More |
68% Less |
1% More, and end government subsidies |
7% Less, and provide more government funding |
0% More, and privatize the entire healthcare industry |
4% Less, and there should be no privatization of the healthcare industry |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 36.8k Sinn Féin voters.
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Unique answers from Sinn Féin voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@9VL3ZY22mos2MO
enough privatisation to let industry investigate, risk and develop, but enough healthcare infrastructure to attend everybody with no added cost
@9ZM5F9S6 days6D
Privatisation can improve efficiency in some areas but more investment is needed in the public service
@9ZL76XZ1wk1W
Keep both public and private health systems, but ensure that public health care is readily accessible for all.
@9ZKSZGF1wk1W
Separate the public and private healthcare system, stop Govt interference in private healthcare (e.g., remove the mandatory requirement for all private health insurance customers to fund maternity care and IVF if they don't personally plan to avail of it) and remove the Govt levy imposed on private insurance policies.
@9ZKSH8K1wk1W
i think that private health care is fine but the government needs to put more funding into public healthcare
@9ZKRLC41wk1W
Rather than there being more or less, people should be able to choose private or public. Private should not be overly hammered by regulation and public should not be undermined by inadequate funding.
@9ZKBMHG1wk1W
Less. Make the systems you have put in place work, there are ways to do this by spending money allocated for healthcare on what needs to be done. Reduce the overcrowding in hospitals & reduce the suffering of the people of the country. Sort out the problem with overcrowding and understaffed/over worked healthcare staff. Stop pouring money in to new projects that make no sense when there is already a system in place, a very broken system that needs fixing. The same thing will happen with the new hospitals the government endorse and the overall problem of a broken system will just be worse. Leave the private system as it is, it works well for those who can afford it but fix the public system for those who cannot.
@9ZHDFLR1wk1W
The government should increase funding, but the private market should exist as a competitive alternative
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