Charity urges review of medical card system

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has been urged to intervene in the ongoing medical card crisis and ensure terminally ill children automatically receive the vital support.

The Jack and Jill Foundation made the call after insisting parents of healthy children aged five and under do not want free GP care if it means help is taken away from palliative care babies.

The group’s CEO, Jonathan Irwin, said Mr Kenny should consider terminally ill children as a “special group”.