Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 November 2014
644. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 15 October 2014, where the patient has been discharged from Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin and now in Ronald McDonald House, if he will instruct the Health Service Executive to expedite the medical card request of the person in question, as their parents have no means of providing the required feeds and medicine. [41292/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe 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.
If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office who will follow up the matter with them.
