Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 12 June 2014
Public Accounts Committee
2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards
11:40 am
Mr. Tony O'Brien:
I cannot comment on an individual case. I can say the only reviews that have been paused, suspended or stalled - whatever word one uses to describe it - are those of medical cards issued on a discretionary basis. It could be that the individual to whom the Deputy referred actually has a discretionary medical card but does not realise it.