Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 July 2014
677. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason the medical card section cannot or will not make a direct call to the relevant doctors to ascertain if the medical card recipient’s outlined medical circumstances have changed since the person last applied. [31428/14]
View answerThe Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating to medical cards and GP visit cards, which the Deputy may wish to use for an earlier response. Contact information has issued to Oireachtas members.
