Written answers
Wednesday, 17 September 2014
Department of Health
Medical Card Administration
Sandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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1056. To ask the Minister for Health if she will restore Daxas under the medical card scheme primarily as it keeps sufferers of chronic lung disease out of hospital and in view of the fact that there is no other substitute. [34132/14]
Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the Health Service Executive (HSE) has statutory responsibility for the administration of the primary care schemes, therefore the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
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