Written answers
Tuesday, 8 April 2014
Department of Health
Medical Card Data
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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684. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of medical cards as of 1 April 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. [16739/14]
Alex White (Dublin South, Labour)
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The April figures requested by the Deputy are not as yet collated. The most current figures available relate to 1 March 2014 and are set out in the table below:
| Card type | Number of cards |
|---|---|
| Medical cards | 1,826,578 |
| of which granted on the basis of discretion | 50,009 |
| GP Visit cards | 124,512 |
| of which granted on the basis of discretion | 28,301 |
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