Mr. Paul Flanagan:

It would be based in broad terms on the rent-a-room scheme, as it is currently incepted and provided by the Revenue Commissioners. That is done on the basis of a tax credit and confirmation of the tax relief provided on an end-of-year basis. When a person is availing of, and confirmed to be a participant in, the rent-a-room scheme, that automatically feeds into the medical card eligibility process. Our challenge and focus will be in further engagement with the HSE PCRS on ensuring absolute operational simplicity and a streamlining of operational practices as best we can to ensure there is no lag or delay for persons who have availed of the rent-a-room scheme, to then feed that link into the medical card assessment process.