A stark difference of opinion on the Government decision to rent 19 private hospitals to help tackle the coronavirus is due to be aired later today at the Dáil Special Committee on Covid-19 Response.
The Irish Hospital Consultants Association will describe the €115 million per month deal as "very poor value for money", however, the Health Service Executive will argue there were "very substantive benefits".
The State's arrangement with private hospitals is due to conclude at the end of the month, following a Cabinet decision last week, but the merits of renting 19 private hospitals is still very much a live issue.