Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Sometimes the assessment can be extremely cold to say the least, particularly with regard to means. I have dealt with some individuals in my constituency. It is hard to listen to somebody with a cancer diagnosis who is over by €40. They have lost their job and there is a significant amount of overheads that you would not think about. This person was not thinking about it one year ago but now they have all these overheads. It does seem to be very cruel that we have a system that is arbitrary regarding discretionary medical cards.