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Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: This motion is as simple as it is clear. It demands neither more nor less than a reversal of the decision to withdraw the over 70s entitlement to a medical card. The Government has lost touch with the people and misled its own backbenchers. It thought it could carry out this attack on the elderly under the guise of patriotism, when it was more like an act of terrorism. The principle is...

Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: I ask Deputy Kennedy whether the bus pass will be next to go.

Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: Does Deputy Kennedy want to take the bus pass from the people of Swords?

Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: Does Deputy Kennedy want the reintroduction of primary and secondary school fees? Does he want charges to be imposed for the vaccination programmes? Would he have the children's allowance means tested? Those are coming down the track. This saving could have been made in many ways. More than €100 million could have been saved in the health service by introducing generic prescribing. A...

Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: The public impression is that the Government bails out the banks while bailing out on the elderly. Fine Gael supports the policy of universal health care for all. I reject the assertion by the Minister for Health and Children and the Taoiseach that universal health care is unaffordable.

Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: It is Fine Gael policy to introduce universal health care and we have established a policy commission to examine how best to achieve that aim. It makes no sense to remove the medical card from the over 70s. It is important to point out that the removal of the card is in direct contradiction to the stated aim of the Minister and Professor Drumm of supporting people at home and in the...

Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: ——they believed it was a good deal and was the right thing to do in 2001, when they went around the country describing what great fellows they were for rewarding those who paid tax at 60% in the tough times. Why is it now such a bad idea? Where has the morality gone? My personal belief is that once Irish citizens have adequate food, clothes on their backs and roofs over their heads,...

Medical Cards: Motion (21 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: I am proud to defend the elderly and as long as I am a public representative, I will do so.

Social Welfare Benefits. (21 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on increasing the living alone allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34835/08]

Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: If it was right to give it, why is it right to take it away?

Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: The Government has taken the card from the over-70s.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: We have been listening attentively too.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: I wish to raise two things. There is terrible confusion about the 2% health levy.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: It is important to clarify this in the context of the Bill.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: We must clarify whether this will happen under the social welfare legislation. The Minister for Finance told me yesterday that it will not apply, but on the radio today he did not answer that question.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: I have a second point, if I may. I hope the 10% cut Ministers and public servants are taking will be ring-fenced and put into something real, such as isolation rooms for cystic fibrosis sufferers, instead of being used to pay bonuses for HSE bosses.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: The Government took it away. I cannot help if the Government members are so incompetent they cannot count and do not know how to do deals. I will stand for the elderly and make sure they get a proper deal.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: May I say——

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: Deputy Kenny has asked me to sort this out. As a new Deputy, I do not understand how the Government can do this. I have been asked to sort it out and I will sort it out.

Order of Business (16 Oct 2008)

James Reilly: Now the Government is doing a job on the elderly. Not a good job, just a job.