Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This is an issue that concerns a terminally ill person. As I understand it, the circumstances are that this is a normal, full medical card for renewal. A person does not become unterminally ill once this is verified. There are significant numbers of people who are terminally ill. That position does not reverse itself. I accept that, in the process of centralising the processing of all medical cards in the country, there has to be a lesson learned in this case-----

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