The vast majority of people who went to the polls last year believed this Government would extend the medical card scheme to an extra 200,000 people. We now know, regrettably and unfortunately, that that is not the case. It will not happen. That is something of which this Government will be eternally ashamed. It is wrong to give a commitment in a pre-election pledge that an issue will be tackled with great vigor and sincerity and then say when various Ministers take up office that we must tighten our belts, cut funding and do everything but deliver what was promised. That is precisely what happened and this Government cannot be proud of it. While some will say the Government is making inroads in that regard, regrettably, that is not the case.