Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

There is a legal entitlement under the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001 for people over 70 to hold a medical card automatically. The Government will have to introduce legislation to change that. I was interested to hear the Tánaiste say that this task will now be landed in the hands of the Minister for Social and Family Affairs.

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