James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank all of the Deputies for their contributions. I will raise a number of points, having listened to the debate.

One of the issues raised by Deputy Kelleher is the number of people who have left the insurance market, approximately 250,000 in the past five or six years. We all know what happened in that time. Some 250,000 people probably equate to 100,000 families. We know that more than 200,000 people lost their jobs as a consequence of the Fianna Fáil-led Government's mismanagement of the economy.

The Deputy also suggested that home help hours have been cut when they have not. They are at the same level as they were in 2012, and the same applies to home care packages.

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