Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I ask the Minister of State to look at this and not to put it on the long finger. I will be tabling an amendment. The provision is there and the precedent has been set. There is conditionality in respect of the hepatitis C issue, and in this case the condition could be that the person is under the age of 18. Parents should not have to go through the yard manure about which I have just spoken. I urge the Minister of State to deal with this mess.

People who are legitimately entitled to medical cards are not getting them because the PCRS believes the only way it can make savings is to deny people who are legally entitled to medical cards.

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