Give medical cards to all Mother and Baby Home survivors, minister urged

Give medical cards to all Mother and Baby Home survivors, minister urged

A spokesperson for Children's Minister Roderic O'Gorman (pictured) reiterated that the Government's action plan commits to providing medical cards to those who were in mother and baby homes for six months or more. Photo: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

Children’s Minister Roderic O'Gorman has been urged to give all survivors of mother and baby homes a medical card.

The Government has said that anyone who stayed in an institution for more than six months will now be entitled to an enhanced medical card following the publication of the mother and baby homes commission report.

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