Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)

When the Government took the medical cards from the over 70s, it was done by way of legislation, but the public dental service has been dismantled by diktat as far as I can see, a circular from the HSE. Is this not in breach of people's rights under the Health Act 1970? The eligibility for health and personal social services Bill is on the list. Had what has occurred been done under that legislation, there might have been a justification and we might have had an opportunity to debate it.

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