Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 214: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in possession of a medical card in Dublin now and at the beginning of 1997; the number of cards by each health board area and each community care area in Dublin now and at the beginning of 1997; and if she will provide this information in tabular form. [24076/04]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The number of people covered by medical cards for the dates requested by the Deputy is contained in the following table.

Statistics are compiled by the general medical services payments board on a county-by-county basis within each health board-authority. Consequently, figures for Dublin comprise all three regional boards within the Eastern Regional Health Authority. Similarly, figures on individual community care areas are not available from the general medical services payments board. I have requested the Eastern Regional Health Authority to reply directly to the Deputy with these statistics.

Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 215: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of medical cards which have been provided to persons over the age of 70 since the general medical services scheme was extended to include everyone over that age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24077/04]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The total number of persons aged 70 years and over who have received medical cards since 1 July 2001, the date of the introduction of automatic entitlement to a medical card to all persons aged 70 over, on age grounds alone is 110,349. This figure includes persons in the community and those resident in private nursing homes.