Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Question 550: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 572 of 3 May 2011, if he has received the information sought from the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18250/11]

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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My Department has been in contact with the Health Service Executive again concerning the information requested by the Deputy. The following table sets out the number of Medical Cards/G.P. Visit Cards granted on appeal from 2006 to 2010.

The Health Service Executive does not hold data centrally on the number of refusals for the entire country. However, since the Primary Care Reimbursement Service (PCRS) began to take over responsibility for the processing of medical cards and GP visit cards in January 2009, there have been 11,780 unsuccessful applications and reviews out of a total number of 331,945 applications and reviews processed by that office.