Mr. Bernard Gloster:

Regarding the section 39 agencies, the medical card issues, selection for review and so on is a very big system and no matter what type of probity measure is introduced someone always falls outside of that in the sense that it is difficult to understand why we would ask someone with a permanent condition if that condition is still there. I hope we can continue to refine the process and I hope the impact of it is reducing but I certainly would not say it has reduced for everybody. I recognise it can be an inconvenience. Given the number of people who are now on medical cards or GP visit cards, no matter what measure we introduce someone falls outside that.