Ms Mary Murphy:

On Deputy Ó Laoghaire's question about medical cards, he was very concerned about the situation with medical cards and the lack of co-ordination between it and the social protection payments. I wish to flag that there is an anomaly and inequity within the pensions system itself because while there is the capital disregard for proceeds from the sale of a primary dwelling for the non-contributory pension, there is not for the increase for a qualified adult, IQA. People on that do not benefit and so even within the pensions system, there is that inequality.