Pensioners before prisoners when it comes to Medical Card priorities – McGrath
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has called on the Minister for Health Simon Harris to immediately intervene to suspend plans by the HSE and the Irish Prison Service to automatically grant a Medical Card to all individuals who are set to be released from prison. Deputy McGrath was speaking after the HSE confirmed that a pilot […]
Almost twenty three thousand people still waiting for Medical Cards – McGrath
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has described as utterly unacceptable the scale of the existing backlog with respect to Medical Card Applications. Deputy McGrath was speaking after he was informed through a Parliamentary Question to the Minister for Health Leo Varadkar that the number of Medical Card applications in progress as of 14th January 2016 is […]
Government must act on Medical Card Situation – Delaney
Sinn Fein candidate for the Templemore/Thurles area Joan Delaney has called on the government parties to support a Sinn Féin private members motion in the Dáil this week to reverse the cuts to discretionary medical cards imposed in the HSE 2014 Service Plan. “The number of people being granted or holding on to discretionary […]
