Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2023-07-04
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

-----and less money to invest in public services and infrastructure. As a result of that, we would have more homelessness, bigger problems in the health service and, rather than having more citizens coming home every year, which has been the case for the past three years, we would have more citizens leaving the State.
The Deputy mentioned the challenges in health and housing and I acknowledge them absolutely.
However, it is not fair for the Deputy to make out that no progress has been made in these areas. Just today, the Government confirmed that we have an agreement with GPs to extend GP care without fees, or free GP care, to the majority of the population.

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