Gay Mitchell
Question:127 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if the SWAHB will issue a medical card to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24. [18907/04]
View answerThursday, 24 June 2004
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Responsibility for the provision of a medical card is, by legislation, a matter for the chief executive officer of the relevant health board/authority.
However, persons suffering from any of the following conditions, who are not already medical card holders, may obtain without charge drugs and medicines for the treatment of that condition under the long-term illness scheme: mental handicap; mental illness — for persons under 16 years only; phenylketonuria; cystic fibrosis; spina bifida; hydrocephalus; diabetes mellitus; diabetes insipidus; haemophilia; cerebral palsy; epilepsy; multiple sclerosis; muscular dystrophies; parkinsonism; thalidomide; and acute leukaemia.
The individual concerned has an illness that is covered under the long term illness scheme.