Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 14 November 2013

Public Accounts Committee

2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards

12:10 pm

Mr. Tony O'Brien:

What we can say is that where verification occurred as a result of inactivity, some 38,495 cases led to eligibility being removed in circumstances where we could not establish residence. However, we cannot say much beyond that.