Free GP care to all under- sixes makes no sense

I want to vote for Fine Gael in the next general election, mainly because there is no reliable alternative except maybe Labour. However my vote is contingent on a reversal of one plan:

Young nurses and midwives are emigrating as never before because the land of their birth cannot pay them a living wage. Enda Kenny says it is because of insufficient funds. Did you know that before Christmas, nurses had to approach St Vincent de Paul?

Home helps are fantastic. They keep elderly people sane, fed and out of nursing homes and save enormous money for the health system but there is insufficient funds for a comprehensive expansion of this cadre which in turn would free up expensive acute hospital beds. Insufficient funds is again the response quoted.

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