Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Workers and Unemployed Action Group) | Oireachtas source

I also want to ask the Tánaiste when the medical card income limits will be reviewed and increased. Whether or not he knows it, they have not been increased since 2006. In fact, some of these limits - including that pertaining to travel to work, which is discriminatory towards those living in rural areas where no public transport is available - have worsened over the past 12 months. I ask the Tánaiste to immediately instruct the HSE to ensure that the sick and elderly are not targeted and that medical problems are dealt with on a discretionary basis, particularly for cancer and motor neuron disease cases.

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