2. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health his views on the report by the World Health Organization, WHO, that has raised concerns regarding the Government's plan to introduce universal health insurance, UHI, and mentions European examples where insurer competition has proved ineffective in improving efficiency and controlling costs, including the fact that no country has been identified in which costs went down on the introduction of such a model based on competing insurers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8164/15]

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2. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health his views on the report by the World Health Organization, WHO, that has raised concerns regarding the Government's plan to introduce universal health insurance, UHI, and mentions European examples where insurer competition has proved ineffective in improving efficiency and controlling costs, including the fact that no country has been identified in which costs went down on the introduction of such a model based on competing insurers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8164/15]

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