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

12:50 pm

Mr. Patrick Burke:

No; they work on a full-time basis on assessing eligibility for medical cards and on reimbursing the 6,500 doctors, pharmacists, dentists and opticians for the 70 million items of service they provide to 3.8 million members of the population on an annual basis.