James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will defer to the Minister of State, Deputy White, in respect of the medical card issues. I certainly think there is a need to answer Senator O'Brien's point about how we measure up to the UN standard for child care in terms of how we issue medical cards. That is something we will do because I believe this country is progressive and provides good standards by comparison with other countries. We should be able to measure up to that standard. If not, we have an issue that we should address.

I thank Senator O'Brien, and I know her husband is here as well, for the great work she does in the Jack & Jill Foundation.