Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 17: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the total number of persons who held a medical card at the end of 2010; the projected increase in that number for 2011; the total number who held a doctor-only medical card at the same date; the projected increase in that number for 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1534/11]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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Final end of year figures for Medical Cards and GP Visit Cards will be available later this month. At the 1st December 2010 a total of 1,611,138 persons had medical cards and 116,399 had GP Visit cards.

The HSE National Service Plan 2011 anticipates that by the end of 2011 the number of persons with Medical Cards will rise to 1,860,087 and that the number with GP Visit cards will increase to 154,239.