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Financial services reform sought for cancer survivors

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Deputy Michael Lowry called for a 'right to be forgotten' which would mean cancer survivors would not be required to declare their illness to financial services companies after a five year period

He was responding to Independent TD Michael Lowry who said that people who had survived cancer found it more difficult to get a mortgage and insurance.Mr Lowry called for a"right to be forgotten" which would mean that survivors would not be required to declare they had cancer after a five year period.He added that a cancer survivors being denied access to a financial service was a"hammer blow" after they had recovered from illness.

Mr Varadkar said the issue was a"real problem" and potentially a rating of an individual could be"time bound". He added that officials were engaging with stakeholders on the issue and it could potentially involve a new code of conduct for insurers.

Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)

 

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Any more brown envelopes for Deputy Lowry 😂

Sure that's grand. We'll just pay higher premiums to cover them 🤦

Right to be evasive and dishonest.

forgotten like the Moriarty report

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