123 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Health and Children if it is still the policy of his Department that persons whose sole income is from social welfare qualify for a medical card regardless of the extent to which that income is in excess of the medical card income guidelines; if not, when did this policy change; if so, the reason persons in the Northern Area Health Board area are being refused medical cards when their only income is from social welfare; if instructions will be sent to all health boards outlining this policy in full; and if all benefit payments from the Department of Social and Family Affairs will be included in the schedule of qualifying payments as set out in the medical card guidelines for 2004. [2602/04]

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123 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Health and Children if it is still the policy of his Department that persons whose sole income is from social welfare qualify for a medical card regardless of the extent to which that income is in excess of the medical card income guidelines; if not, when did this policy change; if so, the reason persons in the Northern Area Health Board area are being refused medical cards when their only income is from social welfare; if instructions will be sent to all health boards outlining this policy in full; and if all benefit payments from the Department of Social and Family Affairs will be included in the schedule of qualifying payments as set out in the medical card guidelines for 2004. [2602/04]

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