Sir, – The Government decision to return medical cards to many people who had them removed from them in recent years must be a relief for countless families affected by this decision. We were reassured by Government some months ago that it was not possible to give people medical cards on the basis of illness. This was based on legal opinion obtained from the Attorney General and deemed so precious that it was not to be shared with mere mortals. It put an abrupt end to plans to give medical cards to all diabetics and those with other life-long medical conditions. So has this opinion now disappeared?
Many people with a chronic medical condition will (deservedly) get their medical cards back, despite the existence of a legal opinion that it is not legal to do so. – Yours, etc,
NIALL Ó CLÉIRIGH,
Plás Grosvenor,
Baile Átha Cliath 6.