Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

My last question concerns the fact that the Ombudsman is saying the original files used to make decisions on discretionary medical cards are not available. He says he has no explanation for this and that he has not been able to get one. This flies in the face of the Government's claim that it is conducting a review of medical card issues. How can it conduct such a review if the files are not available? The Taoiseach should not miss my question on an individual from a private consultancy firm being appointed as chairman of a major State public health body. Will he clarify what happened to the files mentioned by the Ombudsman? Why are they not available?

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