Alex White (Dublin South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Fianna Fáil is using it as a stick to beat us with but it did not advocate the provision before.

The taxation system is an important instrument to achieve equity in society and the economy rather than means testing something as vital as health care. The health care system is bedevilled by the means-test culture. I say that personally but hopefully not just on my own behalf. We want to get away from means testing for access to basic health care.