Is the effect of the new consultant public contracts, not allowing private work, to remove choice for everyone in Ireland who doesn't have private hospitals close to them?
And majority of private hospitals are in Dublin?
https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-health/press-releases/minister-donnelly-announces-more-than-1500-consultants-have-signed-the-new-public-only-sl%c3%a1intecare-contract/