Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)

In the middle of last November, the Minister for Health and Children stated that the Government was not going to live up to its promise to deliver 200,000 new medical cards and that instead we would have yellow pack cards which would simply provide for GP care. She said at the time that they would be introduced at the earliest time possible in 2005. Will the Taoiseach clarify that legislation is required for their introduction because this seems to be the indication from the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children? If so, why is there no sign of such legislation in the legislative programme?

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