877. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health if the determination of the relevant income to be assessed for medical card applications submitted by persons over 70 years of age may be amended so that their net income after deductions made for universal social charge and PRSI is assessed under the application rather than assessing gross income before deductions for USC and PRSI have been made; and his views on whether the current determination of relevant income under applications from persons over 70 years is discriminatory vis-à-vis the determination of relevant income used in applications from persons under 70 years. [33331/14]

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877. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health if the determination of the relevant income to be assessed for medical card applications submitted by persons over 70 years of age may be amended so that their net income after deductions made for universal social charge and PRSI is assessed under the application rather than assessing gross income before deductions for USC and PRSI have been made; and his views on whether the current determination of relevant income under applications from persons over 70 years is discriminatory vis-à-vis the determination of relevant income used in applications from persons under 70 years. [33331/14]

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