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30,000 medical cards axed 02.05.14

AN INISHOWEN TD., has expressed "alarm" at new figures showing further cuts in discretionary medical cards in Donegal and nationwide.
Figures released to Fianna Fáil reveal that the Government has taken away more than 30,000 discretionary medical cards in the past three years.
The Oppposition party said the numbers of discretionary medical cards had now fallen below the 50,000 mark for the first time.
Deputy Charlie McConalogue described it as “a disgraceful attack on children and adult with serious illnesses and disabilities". “The figures clearly show that despite all their claims, Fine Gael and Labour are still engaged in a covert cull of medical cards for people with serious illnesses and severe disabilities,” he said.
He said he is contacted "every single week" by Donegal people who have "inexplicably lost their medical cards or been refused a medical card".
Deputy Charlie McConalogue.
"It’s time for Government representatives here in Donegal to wake up to the reality of what’s happening to the sickest people in our communities," the Gleneely-based representative said.
"The Government cannot continue to take medical cards from the people who need them most," he added.
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