Results 17,181-17,200 of 50,830 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: I am asking the Taoiseach to change the policy.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: The case of Marie Fleming is known to everybody. Deputy Halligan is correct in that, above all, it is known to the health authorities, who are acutely aware of her condition. Why should somebody who is ordinarily entitled on income grounds to a medical card have to provide documentary evidence about medical conditions?
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: The person concerned was asked to provide documentary evidence about an incurable condition. The HSE had it all anyway. The real problem is that the 2013 service plan provided for the elimination of approximately 40,000 medical cards. This is what is happening. Does the Taoiseach not get it? This is why thousands of letters are going out-----
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: -----to children with multiple conditions. I raised the case of the 11 and a half year old child last week. That child has asthma, is non-verbal and legally blind and has a profound mental disability and a very rare syndrome. The card was taken from that child. The Minister of State, Deputy White, confirmed in a written reply to a parliamentary question that 10,000 discretionary medical...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: It is happening because the Taoiseach endorsed the HSE service plan last year which has allowed the HSE to use income eligibility guidelines to review every one of those cards. This comes from the Comptroller and Auditor General's report and the review. The basic rule of thumb is that anyone with a card who is above income guidelines gets a letter to the effect that if they can prove it,...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach keeps saying there has been no change. He knows that children who avail of the services of the Jack and Jill Children's Foundation are, in many instances,-----
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: -----living in life-limiting and difficult conditions. Their parents are aghast and flabbergasted at the response of the Taoiseach and the Minister to the reality of their experience in trying to keep their medical cards. Children with the sickest and toughest of conditions are having their cards taken from them. Please, accept the bona fides of what I am saying.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: There needs to be a change of policy. These kinds of situations should not be happening. We can change it. Will the Taoiseach accept that what is happening is wrong and change it?
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: It should be automatic.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Minister of State, Deputy White, confirmed that 10,000 cards had been taken out.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Minister of State, Deputy White, said 10,000 last year.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Minister of State, Deputy White, said it. It is on the record.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: The card was not renewed.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he has had discussions with Chancellor Angela Merkel recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39086/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he has written to Chancellor Angela Merkel since her re-election; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40517/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Prime Minister Samaras recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41823/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Prime Minister Rajoy recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41824/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to President Hollande recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41825/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: 14. To ask the Taoiseach the issues he will place on the agenda at the next EU leaders' meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44409/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Chancellor Angela Merkel since the general election in Germany; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44411/13]