Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The elderly are feeling it. When people watching on television hear the Tánaiste saying that medical cards are not being targeted, they wonder are people in this House in the real world because we are all getting the representations. When will the commitments in the programme for Government relating to the elderly be implemented? When can we expect the implementation of these additional hours for home helps and the extra funding for community and residential settings which were promised and committed to?

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