John Halligan (Waterford, Independent)
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191. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the grant available for cancer patients to recoup monies paid for wigs varies so radically from county to county with the maximum grant, as per the Health Service Executive website, available being €635 per year and the HSE in Waterford only granting a maximum of €220 twice per year with a six month interim period between claims; his views on whether the grant available for such items should be standard throughout the country; if he will review the inconsistencies within the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41387/14]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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A national group has been established in the HSE to review practices in the area of aids and appliances. As part of this work, the Group will develop a national policy on the provision of hairpieces, as well as prosthesis bras, for cancer patients. It is anticipated that the Group will complete its work by year end.