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- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: Has anyone been prosecuted under that legislation?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: Does the PCRS not report people who have exceeded the limit and who have not voluntarily surrendered their cards? What action does it take?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: Does Mr. Burke see where I am coming from?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: The PCRS identified a large number of people who went over the income limit over a period. It did so as a result of the reviews it carried out. The PCRS identified the individuals to whom I refer and informed them that they were no longer entitled to medical cards. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: The people in question have been committing an offence.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: I know.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: But nothing happens after that. So the law is actually ignored.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: I cannot see the point of that. We all want those whose cases are worthy to receive their medical cards. Ninety-nine percent of those to whom I refer have worthy cases. Any of us in possession of a medical card whose income rose above the threshold might retain it in the hope that nobody would notice. That is probably quite natural. When someone is identified as having retained his or...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: Sorry; what does the PCRS have to deal with?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: What percentage are refused on their initial applications?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: Do the delegates have no idea? They have given me a renewal figure of approximately 2% or 3%.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: Do the delegates not have that number here? It is so important. Have they no idea?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: It is staggering that they do not have it. How many are passed and how many are not is very important in the administration of how this works. Nobody can tell me that. Neither the Department of Health, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform nor the HSE can tell me what percentage are refused.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: Yes, but there are seven delegates here. I thought one of them would have the answer.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: What percentage of refusals are appealed?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: How many of those get through on appeal?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: The majority?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: So we know 30% of refusals are appealed but an unknown number are successful.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Shane Ross: Fair enough. If the delegates could let us have the information on refusals promptly it would be useful.