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The HSE has launched an online medical card/GP visit card application service which will see a 15 day turnaround for medical card applications.

The HSE has clarified that medical card holders over 70, who are awaiting renewal, will not be penalised because of processing delays in Dublin.

Carlow Kilkenny Fine Gael Senator John Paul Phelan has asked that the Government come clean about the plan for medical cards for the over 70s and spell out what they are considering for the future of the scheme.

Fianna Fail councillors from across the country met yesterday in Ballinasloe to debate the ongoing controversy surrounding the changes to medical cards that came with last week’s budget.

You’ve gotta hand it to the 10,000 senior citizens who used their free travel passes to get to Dublin yesterday, in order to protest outside the Dáil as a result of the medical card fiasco.

In the wake of the huge public outcry which followed the government's highly unpopular decision to abolish the automatic right to medical cards for the over 70s in last week's budget, the government this week announced a number of significant changes to the controversial plan.

It’s typical of the media in this country - we pick an issue, focus on it, give it endless column inches and time on the airwaves, while other equally damning issues get swept under the carpet.

Local Labour councillors have wasted no time in chastising the government over what they describe as disastrous proposals made in last week’s Budget.

The increase in the income threshold for the over-70s medical card is resulting in additional under-70s receiving the benefits, according to Beverley Flynn TD, member of the Oireachtas Health Committee.

Newly elected Athlone Town Councillor Jim Henson has added his voice to the Labour party’s scathing reaction to the Bord Snip proposal to take medical cards from all but those on the lowest social welfare payments.