Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

There are now 590,000 more medical cards in the system than there were when Fianna Fáil was in government. That is a fact. I cannot understand why Fianna Fáil continues to oppose the Government's plan to provide free GP care to children under six. It is something that will take pressure off families and it is also an essential building block for the introduction of a universal health insurance system. As I said, the introduction of universal health insurance cannot be done overnight.

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