Paddy Burke (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses. I agree with what most members have said. I will not go over ground that has been discussed by Deputy Ó Cuív and Senator Wall, but the Deputy was correct when he said that most of the appeals related to health issues. I would like to raise the matter of medical cards for people with cancer going to appeal. There is no great need for them to go to appeal. If the people have been diagnosed with cancer, they are traumatised, so starting an appeals process because they have been refused at the first instance is making them go through further trauma. I would like it to be clarified that there should be no appeals.