Medical cards for children under six
Billy Kelleher asks when legislation providing GP visit cards to children under six will be debated and challenges the withdrawal of discretionary medical cards; the Tánaiste says the health Bill has already been published.
I wish to ask about two Bills. When will the Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill to provide GP services to persons aged five years and under be debated in the House? We now find that 30,000 discretionary medical cards have been withdrawn in the past year or thereabouts.
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How will the funding mechanism be put in place to ensure we do not have further attacks on very sick and vulnerable people?
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The Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill because-----
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The health Bill to provide medical cards to children under six, which I understand Fianna Fáil opposes, has already been published.
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While it is giving GP-visit cards to those aged under six-----
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-----it is taking medical cards from the sickest people, which I will oppose.
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Michael O'Leary's child will get one.