Ned O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a patient (details supplied) who was informed by a Health Service Executive hospital following heart surgery that the public health nurse would be calling to assist them and when the public health nurse did call they informed the person concerned that they were not entitled to avail of their services as they are not a medical card holder; and the reason they were advised by the hospital concerned if they could not avail of same. [33733/06]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this case investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.