Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if treatment for pain relief for a person (details supplied) in County Louth is available under the medical card scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19188/06]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Under the Health Acts, medical card holders are entitled to treatment in a public hospital free of charge, provided they are admitted as a public patient.

Decisions on the provision of hospital services to an individual in a public hospital are a matter for the hospital authorities and the Health Service Executive. My Department has arranged to have the case raised by the Deputy referred to the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the HSE for investigation and direct reply.