Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

It would be something for them to remember on election day some weeks later, and they did so. That day in May 2007 the Minister, Deputy Brian Lenihan, was top of the Blanchardstown post office walk. Today, what has the Minister to say to those mothers? I can inform the Minister, Deputy Brian Lenihan, that mná na hÉireann are not fooled that easily. It was exactly the same five years earlier. The Minister and other Fianna Fáil Deputies could boast to senior citizens over 70 years that they would automatically get medical cards.

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