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Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2008)

Liam Twomey: For a divorce.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2008)

Liam Twomey: If a judicial separation is involved, the people are not divorced. Would a person in such a case be considered single?

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2008)

Liam Twomey: The new scheme does not apply.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2008)

Liam Twomey: Will the Minister of State explain how these figures are reached? Why is she picking the figures of €700 and €1,400 per week? Are they just arbitrary? Another issue arises as to how this legislation may affect people. Some people who were issued with medical cards since the budget were told that their cards were valid only until the end of December. Does that mean those individuals...

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2008)

Liam Twomey: That is the guarantee that only 5% of the population will not get medical cards?

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2008)

Liam Twomey: This legislation, therefore, will not come into effect on 1 January.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2008)

Liam Twomey: There is some confusion here. There must be a three-month period before the old contracts are over. Is that true or not?

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Liam Twomey: By overpaying ourselves.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Liam Twomey: There will be a vote on this.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Liam Twomey: The Senator's party paid it.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Liam Twomey: It gets sadder and sadder, does it not?

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Liam Twomey: That is not what they are doing.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Liam Twomey: The Senator should not flatter herself.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Liam Twomey: It is insulting to older people.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Liam Twomey: The Senator will not get a better one.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Liam Twomey: I hope the Minister, Deputy Martin, does well in Brussels or we will be rightly up the swanny.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Liam Twomey: Of course, we will.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Liam Twomey: Absolutely, I would be fully supportive of reversing this decision.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Liam Twomey: Absolutely.

Seanad: Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (12 Dec 2008)

Liam Twomey: The Senator can quote me on that. I am on record when we stood in the general election as having said that.