Written answers
Thursday, 21 February 2013
Department of Health
Departmental Expenditure
Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Health the cost to his Department of medical cards issued for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9505/13]
Alex White (Dublin South, Labour)
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Payments in relation to doctors and pharmacies under the scheme are published annually by the HSE. The figures for the years 2007 - 2010 are detailed below. The 2011 and 2012 information is not published yet.
Year | Total Doctor Costs | Total Pharmacy cost | Total |
---|---|---|---|
2007 | 440,756,505 | 1,048,408,418 | 1,489,164,923 |
2008 | 475,174,715 | 1,145,291,632 | 1,620,466,347 |
2009 | 499,665,359 | 1,260,244,615 | 1,759,909,974 |
2010 | 493,833,497 | 1,233,261,559 | 1,727,095,056 |
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