Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

We have a situation where medical cards are being given to people who, by their own admission, do not need them. Large numbers of people over 70 years of age have not applied for them because they are genuinely patriotic people who know they do not have the need for that provision. They know the spreading of resources around our economy is more appropriately served by issuing cards to those who need them rather than to those who can provide out of their own means.

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