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Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I am just stating the facts.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: They are not.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: The situation was never any different. Where people enter an acute hospital for any of the ailments to which the Senator refers in his amendment, there is no charge.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: It is only when they enter a long-term care institution that this begins. Therefore, there is no need for the amendment. The current position satisfies the Senator's concerns, which are baseless.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: It is.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: No, I--——

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: There is no need to worry.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I thank the Minister of State and my colleagues in the House for their contributions to the debate. In considering the disbursement of resources it is imperative that they should be allocated in such a way as to achieve the optimum benefit for those in receipt of them. While the Bill is relatively brief in content, it is an important measure. There is a difference between the acute and...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: We would not do that.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (17 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: The road to Damascus.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Motion for Earlier Signature. (17 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I move: That pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004, on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the day on which the Bill shall have been presented to her.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Motion for Earlier Signature. (17 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: At 2.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 26 January 2005.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: The Opposition was in power then.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: Fine Gael did nothing about the problem.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: That is correct.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: This situation obtained when the Senator's party was in Government.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: Convenient amnesia is alive and well and living in Fine Gael. It is important to remember that whatever we do in terms of introducing legislation must be fair and equitable. I do not believe the blame game will do much good. However, we must accept that charging patients in long-stay institutions has been ongoing for many years. The Government is introducing this legislation because it is...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: Under the shelter and maintenance scheme this has being ongoing for years. Senator Browne is correct in pointing out that our population is ageing. As we are living longer and families are getting smaller, it is axiomatic that the number of older persons in society will be on the increase. To address this matter the Government introduced the national pension reserve fund. Senator Browne...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: The rainbow coalition Government gave the old-age pensioners only £7, approximately €9, in three years.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Dec 2004)

Camillus Glynn: The facts speak for themselves. The Senator referred to medical cards. I remind him that a medical card is an income-related facility. The many thousands of people who have entered the workforce have gone outside the terms of eligibility. Fine Gael chided the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children for changes to the medical card scheme. However, this is a very important step. We all...