Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Responsibility for the provision of a medical card is, by legislation, a matter for the chief executive officer of the relevant health authority. I understand that the Deputy raised this matter previously in a parliamentary question last November and was subsequently informed by the South Eastern Health Board that there was a medical card valid until the end of November 2003 in this case and that the renewal of this card was being assessed at that time. My Department has further asked the CEO of the South Eastern Health Board to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and reply to him directly.