121 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health and Children the additional number of persons under 70 years who will qualify for a medical card due to having a spouse over 70 and in which their joint income is less than €1,400 a week; and if her attention has been drawn to the concerns by older single persons under 70 years including widows and widowers that this new rule may discriminate against them and should be amended to include widows and other older single persons. [4074/09]

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121 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health and Children the additional number of persons under 70 years who will qualify for a medical card due to having a spouse over 70 and in which their joint income is less than €1,400 a week; and if her attention has been drawn to the concerns by older single persons under 70 years including widows and widowers that this new rule may discriminate against them and should be amended to include widows and other older single persons. [4074/09]

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