Mr. Shaun Flanagan:

Medical cards awarded in the past on the basis of discretion have not been reviewed during the pandemic. Where we are aware that a medical diagnosis has driven the award of a medical card, we have not reviewed those cards. On occasion, people can have a diagnosis but may have secured a medical card on the basis of means and maybe it is in such scenarios that this issue has emerged. We only know when a person has a particular diagnosis if that formed part of a previous application. There may be scenarios where someone got the card on the basis of means but then-----