Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Okay. Transport is a huge issue for cancer patients in rural areas. The services have been centralised and there are some very good results, which I acknowledge. However, when people have a 60-mile round trip to get to Galway from, say, Belmullet, the affordability and availability of transport are a real barrier, one which is creating an awful lot of stress for people who could do without extra stress in their lives because of transport.

I heard what was said on medical cards. Has any costing been done on the automatic entitlement to the medical card so that we know specifically what we are asking for? I agree with Deputy Ó Cuív on the thresholds. It is crazy trying to get people to fit into thresholds that were set 11 years ago.