I completely agree with Senator Terry Leyden regarding the below-cost sale of alcohol. Yesterday and also on a number of recent occasions the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, indicated that as soon as case taken by Scotland to the European Union in respect of below-cost selling was favourably resolved, action would be taken here. I welcome the commitment in respect of this extremely serious issue, on which I have campaigning.

I also welcome the announcement by Ryanair, which is very positive in nature and which represents an immediate response to the abolition of the travel tax. I understand there will be an announcement in the next two weeks in respect of the specifics involved, namely, in the context of the provision of additional routes or on how extra passengers will be coming into and leaving the country. There will also be news on the number of jobs that will be created.

Plenty of people will be leaving.

I support Senator Marc MacSharry's call to the effect that the Minister for Health should come before the House to debate the position on medical cards. This is a very confusing and complex matter. I understand people who are entitled to medical cards generally receive them. However, one does hear about certain high profile cases which attract the attention of the media. There are certain anomalies to which the Taoiseach alluded in recent days. We do not want to be paying GPs in respect of people whose names are on lists but who may be out of the country, who may not longer be availing of their medical cards or who may be deceased. The HSE is responsible for issuing death certificates and medical certificates. Consequently, the HSE must engage in joined-up thinking on this matter. When a death certificate is being issued, surely it must be possible to strike the name of the deceased person off the medical card list. This would be a sensible step to take in the short term in order to make the system somewhat more transparent. I am sure the Minister would be willing to come before the House in the coming weeks in order to engage in a debate on this matter.