Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The plan provides for 100,000 new cards but 40,000 people who currently hold medical cards will not have them renewed at the end of this year. This policy is being implemented by the HSE on behalf of the Government. Most of the people involved are people who hold discretionary medical cards. Every Deputy in this House could give the Minister instances of people whose discretionary medical cards have been withdrawn.

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