The row over the provision of private care by public only consultants simmered over the last week, culminating in the Health Minister Jennifer Carroll McNeill holding firm on the phasing out of the practice. 

Does this latest row mean that the Slaintecare plan is finally moving at pace? To discuss this and more was Roisin Shortall, former Social Democrats TD, who was the chair of the All-Party Committee on the Future of Healthcare.