Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I support the Deputy's request. I also support his request from the point of view that conscious changes were made to the eligibility criteria for medical cards in order to make savings and those changes affected a proportion of card holders. What we are saying, to return to percentages, is that 1% of people who had a medical card either were not using it or were not living in the State, yet the capitation grant was being paid by the taxpayer. Can the Comptroller and Auditor General estimate, even roughly, how much money was paid in capitation fees?