David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minster. I ask that he reply to my questions with succinct responses. If I intervene, it will be only because I feel the questions are not being answered. My first question relates to the statutory instrument the Minister signed a couple of days ago to extend medical card access to certain categories of people, namely, the over-70s and six- to eight-year-olds. I assume there have to be negotiations with the Irish Medical Organisation, IMO, in respect of some aspects of this. Have they commenced, and if not, when will they do so?