Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 June 2014

Public Accounts Committee

2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 38 - Health
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 21 - Budget Management in Health Service Executive
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards

1:10 pm

Mr. John Hennessy:

The number of new cards issued this year is just under 50,000 and the number of cards which have been cancelled for various reasons amounts to 97,000. That is a reduction of just under 50,000.