Dáil
‹ Order of Business Free GP care legislation
Summary
Thomas P. Broughan asks when legislation for free GP care will arrive; the Chair promises information, and the Tánaiste notes that the relevant GP-services legislation has already been enacted.
With regard to the proposal on free GP care in the programme for Government, when can we expect legislation? Second, is it intended to introduce any additional funding for home help services? Given that we have all seen horrendous instances of home help hours being slashed for vulnerable older people - the Tánaiste will remember that when he was on this side of the House he would have been jumping up and down about home care services and would have been getting very agitated-----
