Priority for applicants with medical conditions

Summary

A Dublin applicant with an urgent medical need was unlikely to receive service for about a year. The Minister said applicants with medical conditions should merit priority according to the seriousness of their condition.

Gay Mitchell Mr. G. Mitchell Fine Gael

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in Dublin who has sent medical evidence in support of his urgent need for service.

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Terry Leyden Mr. Leyden Fianna Fáil

Service will be provided as soon as possible but it is unlikely that it will be possible to do so for about a year.

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Nora Owen Mrs. Owen Fine Gael

Do the Department allocate any special priority to a phone applicant who has a medical complaint? Does the Minister consider that this would be desirable?

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Terry Leyden Mr. Leyden Fianna Fáil

Can the Deputy explain this please?

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Nora Owen Mrs. Owen Fine Gael

Do the Department show any special priority to an applicant who has a medical problem which has been confirmed by a doctor?

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Terry Leyden Mr. Leyden Fianna Fáil

As far as I am concerned any applicant with a medical condition, depending on the seriousness of it, should merit priority.

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