Clare medical card holders were well represented in a crowd of up to 15,000 people who protested outside the Dáil today against the changes to the over 70s medical card scheme.The Irish Times reports that the rally was organised by the Senior Citizens Parliament ahead of tonight's Dáil vote on a Fine Gael motion calling on the Government to retain the right to medical cards for all over 70s. Minister for Older People Maire Hoctor was booed and heckled as she tried to speak to and reassure the crowd. People shouted "out, out" and "lies" as she spoke.
Yesterday, almost 2,000 elderly people yesterday filled a city centre church to show their solidarity and oppose plans to scrap free medical care for some of the country’s most vulnerable. Just hours earlier, the Government was forced into an embarrassing climbdown over controversial plans to abolish automatic free health care for the over-70s.
Yesterday, almost 2,000 elderly people yesterday filled a city centre church to show their solidarity and oppose plans to scrap free medical care for some of the country’s most vulnerable. Just hours earlier, the Government was forced into an embarrassing climbdown over controversial plans to abolish automatic free health care for the over-70s.
