Written answers
Tuesday, 23 September 2014
Department of Health
Medical Card Data
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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359. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of medical cards as of 1 September 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 1 September 2014. [35319/14]
Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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The medical card figures at 1 September 2014, as requested by the Deputy, are set out in the table below:
Card Type | Number of cards |
---|---|
Medical cards | 1,797,811 |
Of which granted on the basis of discretion | 67,572 |
GP visit cards | 146.546 |
Of which granted on the basis of discretion | 29,208 |
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