Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There are approximately 2 million. I am in touch with my constituents and I know people who are under immense pressure. There is a belief that there are 70,000 medical cards sitting on mantlepieces waiting to be used in the event that somebody becomes ill. Much of that fat has been taken from the system over the last number of years.

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