1317 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he will review the long-term illness criteria to qualify for a medical card to include all those who are awaiting heart, lung or kidney transplants, in view of the medical costs entailed in those conditions, and the fact that they could be awaiting a match for many years and would have many episodes which would require treatment or hospitalisation while awaiting the operation and would require substantial medication prior to and after such an operation. [18675/12]

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1317 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he will review the long-term illness criteria to qualify for a medical card to include all those who are awaiting heart, lung or kidney transplants, in view of the medical costs entailed in those conditions, and the fact that they could be awaiting a match for many years and would have many episodes which would require treatment or hospitalisation while awaiting the operation and would require substantial medication prior to and after such an operation. [18675/12]

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1. 18 April 2012

   Long-Term Illness Scheme

   1317 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he will review the long-term illness criteria to qualify for a medical card to include all those who are awaiting heart, lung or kidney transplants, in view of the medical costs entailed in those conditions, and the fact that they could be awaiting a match for many years and would have many episodes which would require treatment or hospitalisation while awaiting the operation and would require substantial medication prior to and after such an operation. [18675/12]

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