Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people in the years 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008 who had full medical cards and who now are only in receipt of a general practitioner card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26152/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Details of the numbers of medical card holders and GP visit card holders are provided to my Department each month by the Health Service Executive (HSE). The following table shows the number of persons with medical cards in respect of the years 2006-2008

In addition, as at 31st May 2008, 80,035 persons held a GP visit card.

The HSE does not routinely provide my Department with statistics on the number of GP visit card holders who were previously in receipt of a medical card. My Department has therefore requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to address this matter and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.