Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The unfortunate thing is that the Minister is beginning to believe his spin if that is the case. He said he would abolish prescription charges. Why did he announce he was going to abolish them when he now states that he had no intention of abolishing them and increased them threefold in the last budget? At the time, he said that prescription charges were a barrier to people accessing very important medication.

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