The Cost of Unification of the Ireland

The Irish health system is for a very small population of about 5 million people. We pay more for healthcare than most other countries in the OECD and we have worse health outcomes. So I think there's certainly parts of the Northern system that would be adopted gleefully in the South. And, similarly, my point about the unification of the Ireland not being at the top of the agenda right now is because there's such pressing issues with inflation, healthcare, and accommodation in the Ireland. It's not to speak to any sort of idea that the passion for that doesn't exist.

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