Alex White (Dublin South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Today we have Committee Stage and of course questions of order are a matter for you, a Chathaoirligh, and not for me. However, I simply point out that I addressed that issue yesterday. It remains a commitment of the Government to extend free GP care to all in the community by the end of its term of office. I do not say that is necessarily a particularly easy task. I accept it is a big task for the Government. It is true that the particular route the Government agreed early on in the programme for Government - the long-term illness, LTI, then the high-tech followed by the subsidised GP care - has not in fact been taken to its ultimate end, which is to extend GP-visit cards to all in the community. However, it is being actively pursued by the Government and very actively pursued by me.