Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 March 2004
283 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Southern Health Board is refusing a medical card to a person (details supplied) in County Cork on the grounds that their spouse has a high income. [7764/04]
View answerThe assessment of the eligibility of applicants for medical cards is, by legislation, a matter for the chief executive officer of the local health board to make. Accordingly, the case above has been referred to the chief executive officer of the Southern Health Board for investigation and direct reply.
