Written answers
Thursday, 18 December 2014
Department of Health
Medical Card Data
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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421. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for December 2013 and December 2014 for each local health area the number of medical cards in circulation; the number of which issued on the basis of the exercise of discretion; and the number of which were allocated to over 70s. [49216/14]
Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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The figures as requested by the Deputy for 1 December 2013 and 1 December 2014, are provided below.
- | - | Numbers at 1 Dec 2013 | Numbers at 1 Dec 2014 | |||||
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Local Health Office | Medical Cards | Of which Discretionary | Over 70s Medical Cards | Of which Discretionary | Medical Cards | Of which Discretionary | Over 70s Medical Cards | Of which Discretionary |
Carlow/ Kilkenny | 61,167 | 1,454 | 10,517 | 127 | 58,818 | 2,294 | 10,085 | 173 |
Cavan/ Monaghan | 59,933 | 1,044 | 10,412 | 55 | 57,050 | 1,779 | 10,014 | 91 |
Clare | 49,589 | 1,908 | 9,425 | 319 | 46,027 | 2,537 | 8,908 | 327 |
Cork - North Lee | 81,536 | 3,676 | 13,717 | 302 | 78,411 | 5,018 | 13,213 | 386 |
Cork - South Lee | 62,988 | 2,214 | 14,639 | 230 | 60,318 | 3,144 | 13,404 | 300 |
Donegal | 90,695 | 1,807 | 14,320 | 97 | 86,403 | 2,901 | 14,153 | 207 |
Dublin North Central | 54,191 | 981 | 11,897 | 105 | 54,079 | 1,558 | 10,675 | 179 |
Dublin South City | 38,466 | 617 | 8,861 | 59 | 36,487 | 974 | 7,570 | 117 |
Dublin South East | 24,695 | 504 | 8,988 | 59 | 22,936 | 778 | 7,339 | 128 |
Dublin South West | 68,261 | 1,591 | 11,911 | 108 | 65,623 | 2,239 | 11,111 | 171 |
Dublin West | 62,063 | 1,146 | 7,648 | 41 | 59,862 | 1,804 | 7,218 | 84 |
Dun Laoghaire | 24,774 | 540 | 10,274 | 79 | 21,847 | 754 | 7,918 | 131 |
Galway | 103,817 | 2,412 | 19,018 | 81 | 98,081 | 3,816 | 18,027 | 171 |
Kerry | 61,154 | 2,100 | 13,186 | 187 | 59,010 | 2,935 | 12,553 | 236 |
Kildare/ West Wicklow | 76,734 | 2,487 | 11,783 | 165 | 73,494 | 3,545 | 11,211 | 250 |
Laois/ Offaly | 70,170 | 2,561 | 11,381 | 208 | 68,055 | 3,650 | 10,927 | 261 |
Limerick | 80,626 | 2,661 | 15,339 | 462 | 77,341 | 3,649 | 14,417 | 477 |
Longford/ Westmeath | 57,362 | 1,340 | 9,670 | 94 | 55,778 | 2,106 | 9,169 | 142 |
Louth | 62,091 | 744 | 9,788 | 43 | 59,548 | 1,404 | 9,310 | 84 |
Mayo | 66,854 | 1,408 | 13,125 | 41 | 62,712 | 2,239 | 12,643 | 88 |
Meath | 68,611 | 967 | 10,590 | 34 | 65,348 | 1,774 | 10,225 | 75 |
North Cork | 36,068 | 2,029 | 7,617 | 103 | 33,777 | 2,676 | 7,203 | 149 |
North Dublin | 81,391 | 2,417 | 17,427 | 303 | 76,007 | 3,540 | 15,872 | 422 |
North Tipp./ East Limerick | 30,834 | 1,619 | 6,457 | 196 | 29,343 | 2,007 | 6,136 | 220 |
North West Dublin | 69,930 | 1,239 | 11,124 | 89 | 64,994 | 1,952 | 10,101 | 155 |
Roscommon | 30,474 | 930 | 6,400 | 62 | 28,698 | 1,298 | 6,152 | 88 |
Sligo/ Leitrim | 43,123 | 1,516 | 9,067 | 77 | 41,128 | 2,166 | 8,614 | 136 |
South Tipperary | 42,355 | 1,515 | 8,214 | 184 | 40,869 | 2,178 | 7,880 | 191 |
Waterford | 57,916 | 1,872 | 10,527 | 197 | 54,889 | 2,705 | 10,064 | 195 |
West Cork | 21,933 | 914 | 5,729 | 68 | 20,774 | 1,300 | 5,414 | 100 |
Wexford | 71,834 | 1,427 | 12,310 | 56 | 68,952 | 2,288 | 11,900 | 132 |
Wicklow | 46,744 | 1,145 | 8,573 | 67 | 44,709 | 1,666 | 7,983 | 106 |
Total | 1,858,379 | 50,785 | 349,934 | 4,298 | 1,771,368 | 74,674 | 327,409 | 5,972 |
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