Children's charity - the Jack and Jill Foundation - says all children who are seriously ill should be given medical cards.
The organisation's criticising moves to give youngsters with cancer cover, but not those with other disabilities.
Leo Varadkar's to give all children with cancer - free medical care for five years after diagnosis.
CEO of Jack and Jill - Jonathon Irwin - says the decision - to pick one illness over others - is illogical: