Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

-----not on the basis of where one lives in the State, which has been the condition for the past number of decades, but on objective criteria. The criteria, however, must also be linked to some financial grounding because that is the basis of the 1970 Act, or we can have a broader debate about looking at how we can afford to ensure that everybody who is sick gets comprehensive medical care for free.

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