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

Will the Taoiseach acknowledge that there has been an ongoing policy of withdrawing medical cards and will he intervene to reverse that policy? It is never too late to change. This has been one of the most disgraceful manifestations of what the Government has been up to in the past 12 months. People throughout the country are witnessing it. Will the Government also withdraw the budget decision to take 35,000 medical cards from those over 70 as a result of the reduction of the income thresholds?

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