212. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is correct to include damages settlements paid to individuals by the State as a result of legal proceedings taken by their families following life altering personal injury in the medical card financial assessment process; his further views on whether such monies are solely for the future well-being of the patient in recompense for the personal injuries they sustained at the hands of the HSE and should therefore be exempted from the means assessment process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24740/21]

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212. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health his views on whether it is correct to include damages settlements paid to individuals by the State as a result of legal proceedings taken by their families following life altering personal injury in the medical card financial assessment process; his further views on whether such monies are solely for the future well-being of the patient in recompense for the personal injuries they sustained at the hands of the HSE and should therefore be exempted from the means assessment process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24740/21]

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