Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

If the Minister decided to announce GP access for under-fives but did not reduce the budget for those on medical cards and on GP cards, and the eligibility criteria, he could legitimately argue that this is not being subsidised by the over 70s and the sickest. On every perusal of the estimate, the Minister cannot argue that because it is in black and white in his estimate that €113 million is in probity. The Minister knows in his heart and soul that he will not find €113 million in probity but he will find it by reducing the eligibility criteria and by an assault on discretionary medical cards.

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