Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Workers and Unemployed Action Group) | Oireachtas source

If Ms McGuinness is going to deal with the question of medical cards, we want to see it dealt with properly and fully because everyone around this table knows what is happening.

People aged between 65 and 69 are being targeted and their cards are being removed because they are marginally over the threshold but they have medical conditions because of which they have had cards for years. It is almost impossible to get a discretionary medical card on health grounds and in recent days children with disabilities who have cards are having them withdrawn. We need this dealt with fully, not briefly.