PQ 415
415. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health if she will introduce measures to alleviate the financial burden on cancer patients, including automatic entitlement to a medical card upon diagnosis for the duration of their illness; to reduction the drugs payment scheme threshold to €40 per month; to abolish hospital car parking charges for cancer patients nationwide; and for automatic entitlement to the household benefits package and fuel allowance for persons with an advanced or end-of-life diagnosis. [69462/26]
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1 October 2026
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1 October 2026 · Cancer Services
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William Aird
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1 October 2026
Summary
415. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health if she will introduce measures to alleviate the financial burden on cancer patients, including automatic entitlement to a medical card upon diagnosis for the duration of their illness; to reduction the drugs payment scheme threshold to €40 per month; to abolish hospital car parking charges for cancer patients nationwide; and for automatic entitlement to the household benefits package and fuel allowance for persons with an advanced or end-of-life diagnosis. [69462/26]
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1 October 2026
Cancer Services
415. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health if she will introduce measures to alleviate the financial burden on cancer patients, including automatic entitlement to a medical card upon diagnosis for the duration of their illness; to reduction the drugs payment scheme threshold to €40 per month; to abolish hospital car parking charges for cancer patients nationwide; and for automatic entitlement to the household benefits package and fuel allowance for persons with an advanced or end-of-life diagnosis. [69462/26]
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2026-10-01/415/
- Open data entity: https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/question/2026-10-01/pq_415
- ireland · q-2026-10-01-pq_415 · source updated 1 October 2026