Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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711. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of medical cards on 1 February 2014; the total number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the total number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that date. [9614/14]

Alex White (Dublin South, Labour)
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I am advised by the HSE that, at 1 February 2014, the overall number of persons with eligibility to a medical card was 1,840,760, of which 50,505 hold eligibility on the basis of the exercise of discretion. The number of persons with eligibility to a GP visit card, for the same date, was 125,930, of which 27,204 hold eligibility on the basis of the exercise of discretion.