Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I asked a question prior to the summer recess about automatic entitlement to a medical card for cancer patients who were terminally ill. The Taoiseach said there was no such automatic entitlement. It now transpires that the HSE has agreed to automatic entitlement for prisoners on release.

How is that organised? Before the summer, the Taoiseach told me there was no automatic entitlement so has there been a change to the legislation? If there are proposed changes to the legislation there should be automatic entitlement for people who suffer from terminal illness.

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