Written answers
Wednesday, 17 September 2014
Department of Health
Medical Card Data
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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989. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 August 2014; the number of GP cards on the same date and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on 1 August 2014. [33812/14]
Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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The medical card figures at 1 August 2014, as requested by the Deputy, are set out in the following table.
Card Type | Number of cards |
---|---|
Medical cards | 1,804,376 |
Of which granted on the basis of discretion | 65,993 |
GP visit cards | 142,668 |
Of which granted on the basis of discretion | 28,423 |
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