Joe O'Reilly (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Sadly and wrongly, since the budget we have had a sequence involving scaremongering, alarmism and placing unreasonable fears on our older persons. Unfortunately, tonight's motion and the amendment is another chapter in that sequence. For this reason, I join Deputy Buttimer in welcoming the new communications strategy from the HSE in respect of the allaying of fears.

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