Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There can be no question but that our senior citizens not only require, but are deserving of our collective societal support in every and any way that we can provide it. The Minister of State made reference to Mr. O'Brien's contribution at the last Oireachtas health committee meeting. He also indicated in his reply that day that we were looking at the 11 weeks rolling out to up to 20 weeks by the end of this year. This is a very worrying situation.

It was also indicated that the Government would discuss the review in Cabinet at the beginning of next month. That is what I noted. That is March, which is only around the corner; March is this weekend. I asked the Minister of State in my supplementary question how quickly we expected this review to be presented and the clarity that we need issuing from it.

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