Dáil debates
Thursday, 6 December 2007
Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed)
1:00 pm
Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
It is very hard to take. It is a scandal that in a five or six year period, the cost of the medical card system has gone from €300 million to €1.5 billion. The average payment to a GP on the medical card system is €220,000.
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