Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Government is withdrawing 35,000 of the over 70s medical cards from couples with an income of more than €900 per week. The important point to bear in mind is that the figure is for gross income. The medical card is the only way for people to access home help services, public health nursing services and other community health services and that is the big loss to people-----

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