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# Discretionary medical cards

All time
Do TDs bring up medical cards in the Dáil to get votes? 'Bullshit'
30 Nov 2014
6.9k
9
Anyone with a reinstated discretionary medical card 'need not worry'
3 Oct 2014
12.6k
16
Opinion: 'The medical card review scheme is a shambles'
Vivian Rath
3 Oct 2014
3.5k
27
Teenager's death could lead to wider availability of Epipens
10 Jul 2014
8.8k
24
Expert panel on discretionary medical cards need to be 'generous and inclusive'
30 Jun 2014
5.5k
9
Restoration of discretionary medical cards welcomed, but questions still remain
17 Jun 2014
4.4k
15
'I'm very sorry': Enda Kenny apologies over medical card 'stress'
17 Jun 2014
7.5k
77
Down Syndrome Ireland worried discretionary medical cards won't be returned as promised
13 Jun 2014
4.9k
10
PAC Chair says HSE is 'not fit for purpose'
12 Jun 2014
9.8k
28
James Reilly should not oversee review of maternity services appointment - Adams
11 Jun 2014
7.1k
28
Some discretionary medical cards to be reinstated 'within weeks'
7 Jun 2014
14.3k
56
'Jesus, there's a lump there' - Michael Noonan recalls the moment he discovered he had cancer
4 Jun 2014
12.7k
35
People who had medical cards revoked could now have them restored
3 Jun 2014
9.5k
14
Families who had discretionary medical card revoked already will not get them back
30 May 2014
16.6k
87
Alex White denies presiding over medical card review, says it was a joint decision
30 May 2014
5.3k
37
Discretionary medical card review process to stop immediately
29 May 2014
25.1k
145
'This isn't the Ireland we all know': Taoiseach meets medical card campaigners
29 May 2014
8.5k
62
Taoiseach pledges to solve problem of medical cards being removed from sick children
28 May 2014
6.4k
50
Noonan: We will deal with medical card issues... after the election
20 May 2014
18.4k
114
Dáil hears of woman with spinal and brain cancer who lost medical card
13 May 2014
13.7k
49
Is the government ignoring people who lose discretionary medical cards?
13 May 2014
5.0k
19
'You can turn off the tap' - Enda Kenny's advice on conserving water
6 May 2014
16.8k
150
Taoiseach knew about medical card case he says he wasn't told about
20 Nov 2013
16.1k
92
Facing call to resign, Taoiseach says medical card issues 'will all be sorted out'
22 Oct 2013
12.3k
104
'The most vulnerable people in our society': Dáil hears medical card horror stories
12 Oct 2013
9.8k
53
Taoiseach insists 'no change at all' in how medical cards are allocated
9 Oct 2013
6.0k
109