Written answers
Tuesday, 4 November 2014
Department of Health
Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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820. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that within the primary care reimbursement service any medical evidence submitted by an applicant must be dated within three months of an application being submitted; his views that this evidence is received from consultants and specialists and can take some time for an applicant to gather; his further views that this practise causes undue difficulty for an applicant with serious medical conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42268/14]
Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.
The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating to medical cards and GP visit cards, which the Deputy may wish to use for an earlier response. Contact information has issued to Oireachtas members.
If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office who will follow up the matter with them.
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