Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)

Like Senator Fitzgerald, I ask the Leader to hold the debate today on No. 24, motion 25, today. In so doing, I ask him whether he and the Members on the Government side defend the savage attack on the elderly. If we are serious about politics, then today is a day when we should have a debate about the fact that over the past seven days, elderly people have made sacrifices in taking medication and in attending general practitioners because of fear and confusion.