Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of adults with medical cards at 1 January for each year from 2005 to 2009 on a county basis. [5671/10]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of adults with general practitioner only cards at 1 January for each year from 2005 to 2009 on a county basis. [5672/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 240 and 241 together.

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.