Michael Cahill (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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812. To ask the Minister for Health to examine a fair deal case in respect of a family in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33998/25]

Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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Ministers are precluded by the provisions of Section 10B of the Health Act 2004 (as inserted by Section 6 of the Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2013) from directing the Health Service Executive (HSE) as regards any function of the HSE relating to the provision of treatment or of a health or personal social service to any particular person, or as regards any decision whether or not a particular person is eligible for a particular health or personal social service or the extent to which and the manner in which a person is eligible for such a service.

Under the Health Act 2004, the day-to-day operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health services is a matter for the HSE.

As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.