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

I now know, however, because of what is happening here in the context of the funding the Government is putting in place for the provision of care for older people, that they were only weasel words. Not only has the Government reduced the level of funding for the nursing home support scheme, it has reduced the threshold for a medical card in respect of a couple from €1,400 to €900. This is having a huge impact on people. People are contacting our offices daily about the fact that they now have to pay €144 per month for drugs.

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