An increase in weekly payments for the Old Age Pension putting people over the threshold for medical card qualification has been described as a joke by a Kerry TD.
Fianna Fáil Party Spokesman for Older People, Deputy Michael Cahill, says that those receiving their pension should automatically be eligible for a medical card.
He has called on the Minister for Expenditure to put a system in place, where any rise in the Old Age Pension is matched by a similar rise in the qualifying income for the medical card.
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Deputy Cahill has also contacted the Minister for Health on the matter, adding that this is particularly disappointing amid recent controversy in regards to charges for blister packs.
