Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We are not talking about any old case. People who had discretionary medical cards had them under the legislation. I think most people watching and most people in society would expect a 12 year old child who has profound mental disability, is legally blind, has hearing loss in the left ear, is asthmatic, is non-verbal and is wheelchair bound to have a medical card. That is my point. I am not talking about systems or integration this or that. Most people in society would say, "What in the name of God is going on when a child like that does not have a medical card?"

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