John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 316: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people in Waterford city and county possessing medical cards in each of the years from 2002 to date in 2009; the breakdown of the number between full medical cards, general practitioner only cards and over 70s cards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30115/09]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The Health Service Executive (HSE) has the operational and funding responsibility for the medical card and GP visit card benefits. It collates medical card and GP visit card data by county, age and gender. Therefore, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to address this matter and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.