Tom Fleming (Kerry South, Independent)
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Question 294: To ask the Minister for Health since the formation of the primary care reimbursement service for medical card administration, the number of new medical card applications nationally that have been received; if he will provide a breakdown of the number of applicants aged under 70 and over 70; the number of medical card renewals applied for and statistics regarding grants and refusals and the breakdown of full medical card and general practitioner visit cards granted; the average time to process each category of medical card; and if he is satisfied that the new centralised system is working satisfactorily. [3254/12]

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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The information sought by the Deputy is not readily available. However, I have asked the Health Service Executive to supply this information to me and I will forward it to the Deputy as soon as possible.