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

People who hear responses from the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and the HSE cannot equate them with the reality on the ground. That is the experience of most Deputies here also, given the numbers of people who have come to them in the past year. Last year's budget signalled that about 40,000 medical cards would be taken out of the system.

It is those who are medically most compromised who are suffering. There is no point telling me there has not been a change: there has been a change and most people on the ground are experiencing it. The Taoiseach needs to dig deep and ensure this change is reversed.

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