Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Health the reasons that mental health issues are not considered as a long term illness for persons over 16 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12955/13]

Alex White (Dublin South, Labour)
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Regulations were made in 1971, 1973 and 1975 specifying the conditions covered by the Long Term Illness Scheme. The Health Services (Amendment) gulations, 1971 (S.I. No. 277/1971) specified that Mental Illness in a person under 16 should be covered under the scheme.