Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----is entitled to a full medical card and what is involved is the process. I do not blame her partner for being annoyed if it is a case that there were calls from the HSE about verification of the illness.

Once it is verified that a person has a terminal illness, whatever that illness is, we have to have an understanding how to put in place an effective renewal process which takes that pressure off the person.

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