We’re paying a very high price for those yellow pack medical cards

SO, what happened to all the hype? The kinder, gentler government? The touchy-feely, Fr Sean Healy approach?

Wasn’t the first instalment going to be in the book of estimates, with more to follow in the budget?

Wasn’t that what the Taoiseach was talking about when he called himself socialist, and the Tánaiste when she said she was socially committed? How is all that to be reconciled with the new stealth charges in health, and with the new yellow pack medical cards?