Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

One problem, which is not really in the remit of the Department, is arising with older people who worked here before 1980 and then went abroad to work. They were given PPS numbers before dates of birth began to be used as a mechanism for identifying people. If they went abroad and came back, their date of birth on the system might be, say, 1 January 1970. We are having problems when we apply for medical cards because the medical cards sector checks the PPS number with the Department, and if the correct date of birth that is submitted for the medical card does not correspond with social welfare, the process comes to a standstill. Has there been any communication with the medical card sector on that issue?