Results 13,301-13,320 of 36,764 for speaker:Enda Kenny
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----a no change policy here, people start off not being entitled to a medical card, an application is lodged and people are entitled to a medical card either on income grounds or medical grounds. Depending on the nature of those circumstances, a discretion is applied. Twenty thousand medical cards have been issued on discretionary grounds this year. My understanding, and I do not know...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin knows and I know-----
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----that a person-----
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: Listen, please.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: This is an issue-----
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: This is an issue-----
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: This is an issue that concerns a terminally ill person. As I understand it, the circumstances are that this is a normal, full medical card for renewal. A person does not become unterminally ill once this is verified. There are significant numbers of people who are terminally ill. That position does not reverse itself. I accept that, in the process of centralising the processing of all...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----that when a person is terminally ill and has a full medical card that is not withdrawn - it was not withdrawn in this case - it is about having an effective, simple way of saying we understand this position, the medical condition of the person has not changed, and so the card continues. As I said genuinely, I do not have all the details of this, but my understanding is that it is an...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----as distinct from a discretionary card. There is a lesson to be learned in there by the HSE in the sense that here is a terminally ill person. That, unfortunately, is not going to change. Therefore, there has to be an effective and compassionate and understanding process for the continuation of the card.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: That is something that, unfortunately, this case points out where a change must occur in the process of renewal in order that people do not have to deal with verification of an illness that is terminal.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: The Deputy started off with the first part of his question by asking about discretionary medical cards. He named a particularly high-profile case of a woman who is terminally ill.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: My understanding is that that is not a discretionary medical card. It is a full medical card granted on full eligibility.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: The process is about the normal renewal of that medical card.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: In the case of somebody who is terminally ill, where there is an application for a discretionary card, the system is that an emergency card is issued for six months and then renewed and verified after that, but that is in the case of a discretionary card for a person who is terminally ill. As I understand this, there is no income coming into the household except a disability allowance-----
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----and a carer's allowance, which qualify Marie-----
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: No. These qualify Marie Fleming for a full medical card.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: As I understand it, the conversation was about the process-----
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: -----of the normal renewal of that medical card. There has been no change in the eligibility limits for medical cards.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: I am talking about a woman who is terminally ill.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)
Enda Kenny: If Deputy Mattie McGrath chooses to make smart comments-----