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

-----what the Minister said prior to 2011 and in the programme for Government in 2011 is at complete variance with this Bill. That is why I have to oppose the technical amendment the Minister has placed before me because it is amending the fundamental Part of this Bill, which is to deny another 35,000 people medical cards.

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