John Kelly (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I concur with Senator Keane in respect of the withdrawal of funding from the Irish Deaf Society. I have no doubt that it will be dealt with in the very near future. I wish to raise the issue of discretionary medical cards that the Taoiseach announced would be restored to people from whom they were withdrawn. From what I can see so far, thousands of those medical cards have not been restored to the people. We are going into recess for two months and the fear is that nothing might happen in that period because there will be nobody to raise it on the agenda. I call on the Leader to bring it to the attention of the Taoiseach and to make sure we do not have to come back in September and talk about discretionary medical cards that were unfairly taken away from people.