Kate O'Connell (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It did not form part of the Sláintecare report. It was an omission on my part and perhaps on my colleagues' part. Many of us were shocked last week when the Irish Family Planning Association, IFPA, said that 17% to 20% of people in the non-medical card cohort are having issues with access due to cost. It is out of that conversation that this has arisen and we have picked up on it as a committee. That is just to let the witnesses know where we came up with that idea.