The Taoiseach has said calls from a Clare TD for all citizens to be given a Constitutional right to health deserve consideration.
Independent Deputy Michael Harty has already received backing from TDs for his Bill, which proposes a referendum that would see the Constitution amended to include a ‘right to health…within available resources’ and ‘within the common good.’
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The proposal has been discussed by Cabinet, and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says Ministers agree it shouldn’t be dismissed out of hand.
However, he’s also sounded a note of caution, saying that such a right wouldn’t necessarily lead to a better health system.
