Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I brought up an issue that was brought to me by Alison McCabe and was also raised on "Liveline", that of post-mastectomy products for women who have been through breast cancer and mastectomy. There was a plan involving reducing the funding for the scheme. I brought the decision in that regard to the attention of the Taoiseach and the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, and it was reversed, which is very welcome. However, Alison McCabe has since been back on to me. There are a number of issues which still need to be addressed. There is a proposal about the paper applications that were made previously by the fitters such as Alison. They say that hey are happy to do this and that the women do not need the added stress. They are also talking about the first fitting being in acute hospital settings, sometimes where the women would have had surgery. I do not think that is a particularly good idea. There is also a disparity between certain areas in how much somebody gets for the funding scheme. We need to look at it. The Minister, Deputy Donnelly, stated that this should happen regardless of medical card status and----

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