Fiona O'Malley (Dún Laoghaire, Progressive Democrats)

It is not politicians, the Government, the Minister or the Department alone that can do this, it must be done in co-operation with the people who work in the sector. It is regrettable that time after time when the Government has tried to introduce initiatives which the IMO wanted, the Opposition has put obstacles in the way. For instance, with the GP visit card, which was initially welcomed by Fine Gael and was to be introduced in the budget, it took a year to finally get agreement on it.

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