Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 690: To ask the Minister for Health if it is now policy or practice to approve only equipment that is deemed life saving under the long-term illness card scheme; and the steps he will take with the Health Service Executive to ensure that equipment such as standing and walking frames and assistive communication technologies are made available in a timely fashion to LTI card holders with disabilities who need this equipment in order to develop to their potential and participate in society. [4075/12]

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Under the Long Term Illness Scheme the HSE provides drugs, medicines and medical and surgical appliances without charge to patients with specified conditions for the treatment of that condition. There have been no changes to the Scheme.