Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 83: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to be able to implement the promises in the programme for Government on increasing the threshold for qualification in respect of parents of children under six years and parents of children with an intellectual disability under 18 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45511/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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In conjunction with the development of a new legislative framework to provide for clear statutory provisions on eligibility for health and personal social services, my Department is currently reviewing the assessment criteria for medical cards in the context of financial, medical and social need in line with the commitment in Towards 2016. A Steering Group has been established to undertake this review and is expected to complete its work and report to me within the next few months. Upon completion of this report, it is my intention to then consider how best to progress the commitments in the Programme for Government in relation to medical card eligibility.