Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I did not ask when the Cabinet would receive a memo on medical cards, rather I asked the Taoiseach to indicate when the Government is going to produce its proposals.

This is such a vexed and debilitating issue. I note that this is the first time the Taoiseach has been in the House since the elections. What I want to know is when the Government will announce a reversal of its policy.

Normally I do not respond to the Taoiseach in this way, but he said he could not give me an answer on when the symphysiotomy proposals would be brought forward. This was a barbaric practice which affected women who are now elderly, some of whom are quite ill.

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