Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 298: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the basis on which her Department expects to lay claim in the residue of a traffic accident award made in 1964 in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17389/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Under the Health (Amendment) Act 1986 the Health Service Executive may impose charges on all patients for treatment arising out of injuries sustained in road traffic accidents where compensation is subsequently payable. The Act does not withdraw eligibility for public hospital services from road traffic accident victims, but allows the Health Service Executive to recover the costs of all services provided to them. As I have insufficient information in relation to this specific case, I have asked the HSE to investigate this matter and I will reply to the Deputy once I have received the necessary information from the HSE.