Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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186. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 26 January 2014, the age groups 17 years and under, 18 to 29 years, 30 to 39 years, 40 to 49 years, 50 to 59 years, 60 to 69 years, 70 to 79 years, 80 years and over of the 2,052,000 people reported by the Health Insurance Authority as being insured with inpatient health insurance plans at the end of December 2013; the figures for the 2,099,000 at December 2012, 2,078,000 at March 2013, 2,058,000 at June 2013 and 2,048,000 at September 2013 people also reported as being insured with inpatient health insurance plans at the end of those months. [11154/14]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The Health Insurance Authority, the independent statutory regulator of the private health insurance market in Ireland, provides information to my Department on an ongoing basis, including in relation to market statistics. Quarterly figures compiled by the Health Insurance Authority (HIA) show the total number insured with health insurance plans, but do not include a breakdown of membership by age category. However, the HIA provides my Department with Information Returns on a twice-yearly basis which provide the total number insured with in-patient health insurance plans for the commercial health insurers and a membership breakdown by each age category. The relevant information for 2012 and 2013 is outlined in tabular format below. This data is compiled in respect of the commercial health insurers and excludes members of Restricted Membership Undertakings (which provide insurance to people who are members of a particular group, normally a vocational group or employees of a particular organisation) and people serving waiting periods.