Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

While this is not a reason to fail to proceed with it, it could be an issue if it was introduced further down the road. While I suppose it is their job, there is always pressure from the bean counters in the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. If the means test was abolished, there could be demands for tighter tests on medical requirements and so on. It could be claimed that it is too open-ended and that we need to be more exacting. Has that issue come up in discussions with officials from the Department of Social Protection? Do they have a view on whether the current medical tests are adequate, reasonable and robust?