Reilly accuses tobacco firms of targeting young people
Outlining planned health reforms, he also pledged that Ireland could have one of the best health services in the world, but not before 2016. He also said reports that he had forced health insurers to hike up prices for younger consumers following a request from the VHI was “grossly misleading”.
The deputy Fine Gael leader outlined his plans for reform to the audience at the MacGill summer school in Donegal. A small group of pro-life protesters with placards were outside the hall in Glenties, Donegal, as the minister arrived.
