Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----that when a person is terminally ill and has a full medical card that is not withdrawn - it was not withdrawn in this case - it is about having an effective, simple way of saying we understand this position, the medical condition of the person has not changed, and so the card continues. As I said genuinely, I do not have all the details of this, but my understanding is that it is an ordinary renewal process for a full medical card-----

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