531. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health to include emphysema and asthma under the long-term illness card, given that many sufferers of both illnesses are finding it difficult to pay for the high costs associated with treatment; why he has not included these illnesses on the list to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5950/16]

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531. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health to include emphysema and asthma under the long-term illness card, given that many sufferers of both illnesses are finding it difficult to pay for the high costs associated with treatment; why he has not included these illnesses on the list to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5950/16]

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