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> Ireland does not have complex public health service like the NHS.

Ireland has a complex public health system whose cost is comparable to the NHS, it is however not of the same quality.

10% of GDP, IIRC, which is more than the NHS and for worse outcomes. If anything, the Irish system is more complex because of the legacy of being formerly Church-dominated and decades of half-hearted reforms. There's a reason why the Irish health system has long been nicknamed 'Angola'.

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