Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 March 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Operation of the Medical Card Scheme: Discussion

Mr. Shaun Flanagan:

There were 1,801 in existence at the end of February 2021. We had previously done an exercise in 2020 about the number of cards that had been issued. At the end of 2020, 1,883 cards were in existence. There were an additional 1,683 individuals who had unfortunately died with an end-of-life card. Our estimate is that approximately 3,500 cards were issued during 2020. The average time for which a person holds one of those cards is 7.7 months.

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