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

The statement mentions the establishment of an expert panel to advise on the broader issue by September. The promise was that there would be legislation before the summer to deal once and for all with medical needs and conditionality in the awarding of discretionary medical cards. Will such legislation be provided? What timeline is the Government offering in the enactment of such legislation to provide for the awarding of discretionary medical cards to people with acute medical condition or has the Government resiled from providing any such legislation?

With the recent revelations about mother and baby homes, there is a significant issue around adoption and the adoption (tracing and information) Bill and people’s rights to tracing and access information to medical histories and so forth. When can we expect that legislation?

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