Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Sorca Clarke - PQ 63098-25
Deputy Clarke asked about an appeals mechanism for elderly patients who are unable to travel for medical appointments. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: November 2025
Updated: June 2026
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Question from Deputy Sorca Clarke - PQ 63098-25
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health if there is a monitoring or appeals mechanism in place to ensure that elderly patients who are unable to travel for medical appointments are not effectively denied access to care or specialist services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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