Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who did not qualify for a full or general practitioner only medical card on grounds of income in the period immediately prior to 2007 but were granted a card on medical or other grounds; the number of persons who applied for renewal of those cards in 2007 and 2008 and were refused; the number of persons initially refused who were granted a medical card on appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45788/09]

Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who did not qualify for a full or general practitioner only medical card on grounds of income that were subsequently granted a medical card on medical or other grounds in 2007 and 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45790/09]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 228 and 229 together.

Details of the number of medical cards and GP visit cards are provided to my Department each month by the Health Service Executive (HSE). The figures are provided on a net basis, showing the balance after new cards have been issued and other cards, as appropriate, have been deleted from the Executive's database, e.g. following a review of a person's circumstances. As the information sought by the Deputy is not provided to my Department as a matter of routine, my Department has asked the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to address these matters and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.