Written answers
Tuesday, 10 June 2014
Department of Health
Medical Card Data
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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540. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of medical cards as of 1 June 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 [24566/14]
Alex White (Dublin South, Labour)
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The figures requested by the Deputy are not, as yet, collated. The most current figures available relate to 1 May 2014 and are set out in the table below:
| Card Type | No. of Cards |
|---|---|
| Medical cards | 1,800,182 |
| of which granted on the basis of discretion | 50,375 |
| GP Visit cards | 125,166 |
| of which granted on the basis of discretion | 29,841 |
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