Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I was not aware of any plans to extend the medical card until I read about them in the newspaper, which is presumably where the Deputy read about them as well. I cannot answer a question about plans of which I was not aware in the first instance.

To answer the Deputy's previous question, a scanned PDF document was sent to the DPC to assist it in searching the document. That is why it was sent. I do not have data on how we classify people of risk, because we want to treat everyone equally. That is why 3.9 million people have volunteered to come in, go through the SAFE 2 process and have their identities authenticated.

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