Seanad debates

Wednesday, 11 December 2013

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages

 

1:25 pm

Photo of Marc MacSharryMarc MacSharry (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is perfectly credible for me to stand here, arguably with a more current mandate than the Minster of State's following the Seanad referendum, and hold the Government to account, recall what is in manifestos or in programmes for Government and query the good points being made, argued by the Taoiseach, Deputy Kenny, the Tánaiste, Deputy Gilmore, and the Minister, Deputy Reilly when they were Opposition spokespeople fighting with one another to get up on the truck outside the gates of this House to preach to the elderly about all they would do when they got into office. When Fianna Fáil made the grave error of trying to do what it did for the over-70s at the time and then came back with much more generous qualifying income thresholds of €1,400 and €700, the elderly who were out protesting in Molesworth Street and in Clarendon Street church at that time did not have any idea what was coming down the track from the people who purported to be supporting them. I promise I will not speak again on this.

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