An emergency medical card is available to anyone with a terminal illness. This is a full medical card. It is applied for through the local health office (Apply if you are refused through normal medial card application process). I believe it is now given for 1 year rather than 6 months. It will be approved within a day if scheme commitments are to be met and correct info provided.
It is mentioned here http://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/media/committees/pac/correspondence/2012-meeting351904/[PAC-R-431]Correspondence-3.28---C.-Medical-Card-Briefing.pdf (Section 5)
There are a few other mentions if you google it.
It is mentioned here http://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/media/committees/pac/correspondence/2012-meeting351904/[PAC-R-431]Correspondence-3.28---C.-Medical-Card-Briefing.pdf (Section 5)
There are a few other mentions if you google it.