Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 June 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Implementation of Sláintecare Reforms: Department of Health and HSE (Resumed)

Mr. Bernard Gloster:

The indication of the intention to apply that fairly and well is reflected in the fact that between medical cards and GP visit cards on a discretionary basis, there are over 200,000 of them in existence.

That is indicative of an attempt to capture every healthcare cost with which a person is burdened when he or she does not meet the normal means test level.