Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

——does what it will be eventually forced to do which is to back off this proposal. I invite the Tánaiste to clarify the matter. The Minister for Finance said this morning that the proposal is intended to proceed regardless. The Government will take the medical card off pensioners and not only take the medical card off them but halve the income limits for the means test that will be applied to them if they have to apply for it.

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