Geraldine Feeney (Fianna Fail)

He bled the taxpayer dry in the interests of his own profession. The Opposition cannot have it every way. He cannot be the champion and they cannot be the champions behind him for the elderly. The Opposition needs to get real. He robbed the State and now he wants to be all things to all people. They cannot have it every way.

Deputy Bernard Allen, on 29 November 2007, criticised the extension of the medical card to all those over 70, regardless of income, and said he did not think it was fair that a High Court judge should get a free medical card. The Opposition cannot come in from all sides.