Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The short answer is that to deal with that matter I have brought forward an amendment to the Finance Bill to provide for the existing medical criteria in primary legislation and I hope it will be accepted by the House on Report Stage next week. That will allow the continuation of the issuing of certificates once the Bill is passed. This is only an interim solution. On Committee Stage, I confirmed that we will open a review of the operation of the scheme to deal with all of the issues relating to the scheme that are being raised by Deputies across the House. When the Bill is ratified and signed by the President, the issues to which the Deputy refers will be addressed. In parallel with that, there will be a review involving my Department and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to look at what is the role of a scheme such as this.

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