Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 14 November 2013
Public Accounts Committee
2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards
11:00 am
Mr. Patrick Burke:
Yes. Let me finish by saying every time a medical card or eligibility is granted, it is granted for a window of time, three months in advance of the end of which the client is advised and the review commences. There is a review date. In a sense, no particular group has been targeted or identified in any way. I will outline the only random act we have undertaken. It was done in line with what the Comptroller and Auditor General had recommended. This year we initiated a process whereby a random sample was used to establish a baseline to determine how the scheme was being managed. To answer to the Vice Chairman's question, during a three and a half year window the entire database will be reviewed.
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