Anthony Lawlor (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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628. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the list of eligible conditions for the long term illness scheme; if the chronic condition of Hirschsprung's disease will be included on the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37678/13]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Eligibility for the various illness schemes is determined on a case by case basis with regard to the severity of the condition involved and its expected duration. There is no list of eligible conditions for long term illness.