Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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559. To ask the Minister for Health if a person driving a patient from Thurles to Limerick three times pera week for dialysis is entitled for be reimbursed for expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30929/20]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter for the Health Service Executive (HSE) I have referred the Deputy's question to the HSE for direct reply.

In addition, the Deputy may wish to note that under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance scheme, administered by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, a person may be eligible to apply for an Exceptional Needs Payment to help meet essential, one-off, exceptional expenditure, which a person could not reasonably be expected to meet out of their weekly income.