814. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive's medical card clients' register does not have the capacity to indicate or note that a medical card holder has Down's syndrome, in order to avoid the hassle and upset of issuing medical card holders with Down's syndrome, which is a lifelong condition, with renewal letters and making them submit new applications regularly when clearly their situation has not changed; his plans to upgrade the HSE client register system currently in place so that it can note important information such as this about clients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22702/14]

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814. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive's medical card clients' register does not have the capacity to indicate or note that a medical card holder has Down's syndrome, in order to avoid the hassle and upset of issuing medical card holders with Down's syndrome, which is a lifelong condition, with renewal letters and making them submit new applications regularly when clearly their situation has not changed; his plans to upgrade the HSE client register system currently in place so that it can note important information such as this about clients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22702/14]

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