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''It's unrealistic, mangers lose the incentive to really stick to them''

The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council has said that public spending on health in Ireland has been rising at a fast pace. And on top of that, the system will come under further pressure as the population ages and major reforms are implemented under the 10-year Sláintecare programme. Our health spend has been ranked sixth of the 33 OECD countries.  Do we get value for money? Eddie Casey is the chief economist with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Brian Turner is health economist in UCC, they both joined Kieran to discuss...

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17.29 23 Nov 2021


''It's unrealistic, mangers lose the incentive to really stick to them''


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The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council has said that public spending on health in Ireland has been rising at a fast pace.

And on top of that, the system will come under further pressure as the population ages and major reforms are implemented under the 10-year Sláintecare programme.

Our health spend has been ranked sixth of the 33 OECD countries.  Do we get value for money?

Eddie Casey is the chief economist with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Brian Turner is health economist in UCC, they both joined Kieran to discuss...

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