Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am sorry to interrupt the Minister. I was not referring to the situation he has just mentioned; I was referring to hospital mishaps or conditions incurred while in hospital as a result of which the patient is now on extra medication, extra costs, etc. That applies to people with specific life-changing diseases. They do expect in that situation to be treated slightly differently. The reliance on a means test solely should be looked at carefully. I know that the Minister is a compassionate person. They need to be looked at carefully. Small things make a great difference to a patient who has cancer and may have terminal cancer. They may not know that yet but they are in the waiting area for that outcome. They should be treated particularly sympathetically in a whole lot of ways. I am sorry for interrupting.