John Moloney (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

I do not believe there is any need for the Deputy to raise the medical card issue again; the House knows his position on that matter. He should not rehearse all that again, since he changes his position so often. My position is very definite. I am making the very direct response to the effect that he should have known this because he attended the committee meeting recently at which HIQA representatives were present. They made it quite clear that while they are prepared to carry out the inspections, they are waiting on funding from this Department. The Department, in turn, is working with HIQA to ensure that the initiative will start some time towards the middle of next year.

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