Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 November 2013
39. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Health if he will request the civil registration service section of the Health Service Executive to notify the medical card section of the HSE of all deaths registered with them; if this requires legislation to be passed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47948/13]
View answerThe HSE already has a system in place with regard to notifications of the death of medical card holders.
In 2012, the HSE introduced data sharing with the Death Events Publication Service (DEPS) operated by the General Register Office (GRO). Death events notifications (DEPS) are received by the HSE from the GRO on a weekly basis and loaded to the PCRS payment systems. Medical card eligibility is removed immediately and payments to the GP are ceased immediately.
