Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 14 November 2013

Public Accounts Committee

2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards

10:50 am

Mr. John Hennessy:

That is precisely the situation we are in in a number of cases. The Vice Chairman might be familiar with some of them. Nobody would argue with the central point he is making. The scheme is in place to protect the people who need medical cards most. That is what we try to achieve at all times. However, all medical card holders are subject to review, from which nobody is exempt. It is also a fact-----