Mr. Paul Flanagan:

As the Minister of State has outlined, there is a programme of work planned by the Department working in conjunction with HSE during 2024 to review the overall eligibility framework, which includes medical card thresholds and medical card eligibility. It is a point we are addressing. We acknowledge the point raised by the Deputy and the need to reappraise and review the medical card administration system. It is absolutely within our focus and we will be looking at it in the coming months.