Cut in medical card income limit

Sir, – The statistical tour-de-force by Alex White TD (May 16th) is very enlightening. Or course, the operative word in his letter is the word “gross”. To use gross income is grossly unfair as many, like myself, have a gross income only slightly over the €600 threshold while my net income is far below after the Government has dipped into my pocket quite a few times and is, in fact, still doing so. The one consolation that can be drawn from the statistics provided is that Mr White has probably flushed 20,000 votes down the drain. – Yours, etc,

BRIAN REID,

Strand Road,

Sutton,

Dublin 13.