Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)

We never discussed any of this on Committee Stage. The Bill has been through the Seanad and this is the last opportunity we have to deal with it. I get suspicious when long amendments are submitted at this stage in the passage of legislation. Why could this not have been introduced on Committee Stage? The Minister of State claims it is simply transferring sections into other sections. The amendment, however, contains a reference to persons or their dependants not ordinarily resident in the State. Will the Minister clarify this is not designed to deny health insurance to eastern European workers in Ireland?

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