Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister is pursuing legislation for the granting of medical cards to those children who are in receipt of domiciliary care allowances. A person released from prison will not, I presume, be in gainful employment any more than a person who loses a job and becomes unemployed. I also presume that income levels relating to eligibility for medical cards would apply.

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