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‹ Ceisteanna — Questions. Oral Answers. - Military Medical Service. Medical eligibility for serving troops
Summary
Bell said many troops earn just above the medical-card threshold and therefore miss benefits available to low-income people. The Minister said health boards administer medical services; Connaughton remarked that the news for the Army was all bad.
Is the Minister aware that the majority of serving troops, particularly NCOs and men, are paid a small amount in excess of medical card qualification and as a result do not qualify for benefits available to the unemployed and those on low pay.
Comment on this
(Limerick West): As I have said, soliders and soldiers' wives and their families are no different from any other sections of the community with regard to medical services——
