Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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327. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made regarding a medical card application by a person (details supplied); his views on whether it is correct for an application to take seven months to be processed despite having received all information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48024/17]

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 directly.