Seanad debates

Wednesday, 26 March 2014

11:40 am

Photo of John CrownJohn Crown (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I extend my sympathies to the family of Deputy Nicky McFadden. The disease from which she suffered is an extraordinarily cruel one and she bore it with great bravery. It was particularly inspiring that she went public and used the knowledge of her illness in an attempt to raise much needed research funds for the condition. Without wishing to politicise the tragedy, it would be remiss of me, as a doctor, not to point out that one of the legacies of this terribly sad event should be an expediting of medical card applications for all patients with chronic neurodegenerative diseases, especially motor neurone disease.

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