Mr. Shaun Flanagan:

I can take the question on medical cards for unemployed people. The back-to-work scheme is still in place. The Deputy referenced the numbers and we expected when the Covid-19 pandemic started that there would be a massive increase in new applications for medical cards but that did not emerge. One of the reasons we suspended reviews in the first few months of the pandemic was that we thought we would get a major influx of new applications for medical cards. That has not emerged and I presume that must be down to the pandemic unemployment payments and maybe the age of the cohorts that are unemployed. Perhaps they are not pulling on the health service. The Deputy asked about assessment of means for those over 70. There is a gross system for those over 70 but if an individual makes a net application, we will also look at that.