David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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522. To ask the Minister for Health if there are supports to assist low-income persons or households with transport to hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43060/20]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Patient transport is the responsibility for the Health Service Executive (HSE). Therefore I have referred the Deputy's question to the HSE for direct reply.

In addition, the Deputy may wish to note that under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance scheme, administered by the Department of Social Protection, a person may be eligible to apply for an Exceptional Needs Payment to help meet essential, one-off, exceptional expenditure, which a person could not reasonably be expected to meet out of their weekly income.