Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

Question 11: To ask the Minister for Health when it is likely that provisions can be put in place to address the difficulty and hardship being caused by delays in the issue of medical cards; if any evaluation has been carried out as to the main factors causing such delays; the number of applications in the system currently pending and in respect of which repeated submissions of information have been made by the applicant which in turn has resulted in further requests for more information; if as a matter of urgency he will put in place a reliable and universal system for the determination of eligibility and a reduction in the administrative procedures now causing serious delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16249/12]

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