The people deserve clarity. The Minister has already been asked today but has not clarified the situation with regard to the proposed legislation required to reinstate medical cards that the Government took away from people who were entitled to have them in the first instance. Will he please give a very clear and definitive statement?

Thank you, Deputy. I think the Minister has answered that already.

When will the legislation be brought before the House and when will the people in question get their medical cards back?

Thank you, Deputy. Will the Minister repeat what he said earlier?

What I said was there was a full discussion in the Government yesterday on all the issues relating to medical cards which Deputies have recited for several weeks now.

It has actually been for 18 months.

The Minister, Deputy James Reilly, and the Minister of State, Deputy Alex White, will return to the Government with proposals within the next two weeks.

If they do not, they might not have an opportunity to do so.

It is not clear whether legislation is required to restore medical cards to persons who lost them in the review.

The Government took them away. Why can it not give them back?

If legislation is required, the Ministers responsible will propose such legislation to the Government in the next two weeks and it will be ordered for process in the normal way through the Whips.

People do not have the luxury of time.

They will be all deceased.