An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2024-11-05
============================================================

Verona Murphy (IND), Wexford

Yesterday, I had a visit from a lady who had been diagnosed with cancer. She was particularly stressed because, having applied for and received a medical card, she then had to apply for the fuel allowance, an application that has been turned down. Today, that lady phoned me to say that she has received a secondary cancer diagnosis. She is particularly stressed. Not being able to heat her home is a big issue. If cancer patients are eligible to receive a medical card, they should be automatically entitled to the fuel allowance. We need to support people at this most vulnerable stage in life. I ask the Taoiseach to seriously consider that on behalf of the sick.

---

Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted.

Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/dail/2024-11-05/debate/main
Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:53:25+00:00
Sitting date: 2024-11-05