IRELAND
Irish Independent
Denise Calnan Twitter
25/05/2015
Special medical cards awarded to survivors of the Magdalene Laundries are still available to be claimed, Social Care Minister Kathleen Lynch has said.
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.
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.
“Just over 500 women, 512 women, already accepted the award,” Minister Lynch told RTE’s Morning Ireland.
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