Dáil debates
Tuesday, 6 February 2007
Health Service Reform: Motion
8:00 am
Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
Deputy McManus raised the issue of medical cards. For the Deputy to compare the number of medical cards in terms of a percentage of the population given the situation in 1997 does not stand up. In 1997 there was 11% unemployment and 6% long-term unemployment and take-home pay was 45% lower. There is no comparison.
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