Dara Calleary
Question:498. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if officials in client registration medical cards are adhering to European Union Regulation 1408/17 when assessing individual applications for full medical cards; if he will confirm that pensioners in receipt of a social security pension from the United Kingdom are entitled to a non-means tested medical card; that such pensioners' entitlement should not be adjudicated in association with a spouse but in their own right; if he will confirm that occupational pensions are not taken into account in determining such pensioners' entitlement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29848/15]
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