Geraldine Feeney (Fianna Fail)

I did not interrupt anyone, but I have been interrupted three times. The truth hurts. Opposition Members can give it, but they cannot take it. The Opposition certainly put a lot of spin on the medical card issue. Its Members did not want anyone to know what they were entitled to. People went away from the big march in Dublin thinking they were going to lose everything, including free travel, electricity, telephone and fuel allowances. Again this morning, Senator Fitzgerald asked what is next. She is putting out spin, making people afraid, leaving them wondering what will they lose when the Government is telling them they will not lose anything. It is wrong.