Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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342. To ask the Minister for Health if the claim on 20 November 2013 that some 20,000 new discretionary medical cards have been granted this year alone is correct; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54812/13]

Alex White (Dublin South, Labour)
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The HSE has confirmed that, at that time referred to by the Deputy, discretion has been exercised in a positive way on more than 20,000 occasions in granting medical card eligibility.