Written answers
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
Department of Health
Medical Card Administration
Kevin O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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396. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review procedures in his Department regarding medical card applicants (details supplied); and if his attention has been drawn to the current situation it is causing for many persons. [6826/17]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual.
The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.
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