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Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: I cannot see the point of that. We all want those whose cases are worthy to receive their medical cards. Ninety-nine percent of those to whom I refer have worthy cases. Any of us in possession of a medical card whose income rose above the threshold might retain it in the hope that nobody would notice. That is probably quite natural. When someone is identified as having retained his or...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: Sorry; what does the PCRS have to deal with?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: Since the Act of 1974 - was that the year of the Act?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: Since the 1970 Act the organisation has not done anything to anybody or has not referred the Act to anybody who was failed to volunteer in this respect.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: Mr. Burke thinks they did.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: Has that happened recently in Mr. Burke's time in the organisation when many more medical cards have been issued?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: Okay. Mr. Burke might remind me of the number of cases of people who failed to hand up their medical card when they exceeded the income threshold.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: Can Mr. Hennessy give me figures on that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: Mr. Hennessy will see my point. There is no deterrent whatsoever. There is no incentive whatsoever for people to hand in their medical cards. There is no reason they should do so. There is none whatsoever. They are never prosecuted; nothing ever happens. If the officers catch them, they will hand it back. It is a one-way bet for them, is it not?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: It is never imposed.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: I have one more question or perhaps one and a half. I want to ask about St. Michael's House but perhaps I could communicate with the witnesses about that after the meeting or at some other time. Would someone take a call from me about it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: I thank the witnesses. That would be very useful.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: That was the half question and the next one is the quarter one. Looking across, a number of men are seated behind the witnesses. Could the witnesses tell us who they are?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: Of all the organisation.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: I thought it would be useful to know who they are. Do the witnesses see something strange about the fact they are all men? Is health a no-go area for women?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: It is just a coincidence there are ten men present today.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: It is just a coincidence that this time-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: That is fine. I am not a raving feminist but I see something uniform about all the witnesses.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (19 Nov 2013)

Shane Ross: 237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) is still housed within the premises of another school, when this arrangement was supposed to be a temporary measure; when building work will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49039/13]