Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Okay, it is useful to have that stated. Mr. O'Brien, as the director general of the HSE with Mr. Burke the head of the medical card section, is saying that discretion is being applied on a consistent and uniform basis, regardless of postal address. The criteria and same level of checks and balances apply whereas in the past that was not necessarily the case.