IRELAND
Irish Independent
Eilish O’Regan Twitter
23/05/2015
Women who worked in the Magdalene laundries and two similar institutions will get a long-awaited health card giving access to a range of free services including GP care
The card will be given to women who have accepted a formal offer of compensation under the Restorative Justice Scheme.
Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald and Social Care Minister Kathleen Lynch said the “RWRCI Cards” will issue to the women in June and take effect from July 1.
In the meantime, the HSE will be directly contacting the women who have accepted a formal offer made under the Restorative Justice Scheme.
It will entitle them to GP services, prescribed drugs, medicines, aids and appliances, dental, ophthalmic and aural services, home nursing, home support, chiropody or podiatr, physiotherapy and counselling.
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