Written answers
Thursday, 6 March 2014
Department of Health
Medical Card Data
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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262. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of medical cards as of 1 March 2014; the total number of GP cards on the same date; and the total number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that date. [11420/14]
Alex White (Dublin South, Labour)
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The table below provides the card types and numbers as a 1 February 2014. The March figures, as requested by Deputy, are not as yet collated.
Card Type | No. of Cards |
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Medical cards | 1,840,760 |
of which granted on the basis of discretion | 50,505 |
GP Visit cards | 125,930 |
of which granted on the basis of discretion | 27,204 |
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