Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 472: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the steering group on medical cards which was to report by the autumn of 2008 has completed its work; if so, if a report has been published; if not, when the report of the steering group will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1765/09]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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My Department is currently reviewing the eligibility criteria for the assessment of medical cards in the context of financial, medical and social need in line with the commitment in Towards 2016 to clarify entitlement to a medical card. A Steering Group has been established to carry out this work, and work is ongoing on this complex issue. The Group is expected to report to me within the next few months. The purpose of the review is to inform the decision-making process in relation to medical card eligibility and it is not my intention to publish the report.