Written answers
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
Department of Health
Medical Card Data
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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152. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for 1 January 2014 and 1 January 2015 for each local health area the number of medical cards in circulation; the number issued on the basis of the exercise of discretion; and the number of which allocated to over 70s. [2905/15]
Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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The medical card figures, as requested by the Deputy, are provided below for 1 January 2015 and 1 January 2014.
1/1/2014
LHO | Medical Cards | Of which Discretionary | Over 70 | Of which Discretionary |
---|---|---|---|---|
Carlow/ Kilkenny | 60,936 | 1,480 | 10,466 | 130 |
Cavan/ Monaghan | 59,546 | 1,050 | 10,369 | 56 |
Clare | 49,107 | 1,870 | 9,377 | 314 |
Cork - North Lee | 81,031 | 3,548 | 13,687 | 303 |
Cork - South Lee | 62,696 | 2,187 | 14,535 | 232 |
Donegal | 89,665 | 1,804 | 14,324 | 96 |
Dublin North Central | 54,306 | 996 | 11,856 | 106 |
Dublin South City | 38,374 | 613 | 8,793 | 61 |
Dublin South East | 24,672 | 509 | 8,904 | 61 |
Dublin South West | 68,136 | 1,563 | 11,911 | 109 |
Dublin West | 61,965 | 1,137 | 7,616 | 41 |
Dun Laoghaire | 24,591 | 535 | 10,116 | 80 |
Galway | 102,979 | 2,385 | 18,950 | 79 |
Kerry | 60,991 | 2,140 | 13,142 | 188 |
Kildare/ West Wicklow | 76,445 | 2,432 | 11,760 | 164 |
Laois/ Offaly | 69,860 | 2,502 | 11,384 | 206 |
Limerick | 80,289 | 2,673 | 15,246 | 460 |
Longford/ Westmeath | 57,243 | 1,358 | 9,633 | 94 |
Louth | 61,937 | 756 | 9,770 | 46 |
Mayo | 66,377 | 1,391 | 13,112 | 42 |
Meath | 68,280 | 983 | 10,553 | 32 |
North Cork | 35,736 | 1,982 | 7,609 | 108 |
North Dublin | 81,130 | 2,387 | 17,414 | 300 |
North Tipp./ East Limerick | 30,716 | 1,599 | 6,399 | 191 |
North West Dublin | 69,546 | 1,254 | 11,070 | 91 |
Roscommon | 30,178 | 885 | 6,385 | 64 |
Sligo/ Leitrim | 42,821 | 1,490 | 9,042 | 77 |
South Tipperary | 42,126 | 1,487 | 8,177 | 183 |
Waterford | 57,602 | 1,838 | 10,500 | 200 |
West Cork | 21,804 | 901 | 5,707 | 69 |
Wexford | 71,645 | 1,441 | 12,248 | 57 |
Wicklow | 46,650 | 1,118 | 8,561 | 63 |
Total National | 1,849,380 | 50,294 | 348,616 | 4,303 |
1/1/2015
LHO | Medical Cards | Of which Discretionary | Over 70 | Of which Discretionary |
---|---|---|---|---|
Carlow/ Kilkenny | 58,730 | 2,369 | 10,133 | 179 |
Cavan/ Monaghan | 56,871 | 1,860 | 10,013 | 96 |
Clare | 46,120 | 2,587 | 8,927 | 335 |
Cork - North Lee | 78,439 | 5,097 | 13,293 | 404 |
Cork - South Lee | 60,189 | 3,232 | 13,424 | 308 |
Donegal | 86,621 | 3,004 | 14,242 | 223 |
Dublin North Central | 53,855 | 1,596 | 10,704 | 182 |
Dublin South City | 36,380 | 1,003 | 7,592 | 123 |
Dublin South East | 22,884 | 801 | 7,358 | 132 |
Dublin South West | 65,418 | 2,290 | 11,154 | 180 |
Dublin West | 59,688 | 1,871 | 7,220 | 83 |
Dun Laoghaire | 21,767 | 777 | 7,909 | 134 |
Galway | 98,200 | 3,901 | 18,067 | 184 |
Kerry | 59,013 | 3,027 | 12,603 | 248 |
Kildare/ West Wicklow | 73,255 | 3,609 | 11,231 | 261 |
Laois/ Offaly | 68,034 | 3,707 | 10,992 | 275 |
Limerick | 77,253 | 3,706 | 14,482 | 486 |
Longford/ Westmeath | 55,745 | 2,172 | 9,221 | 147 |
Louth | 59,525 | 1,495 | 9,365 | 97 |
Mayo | 62,610 | 2,333 | 12,659 | 92 |
Meath | 65,130 | 1,861 | 10,228 | 75 |
North Cork | 33,768 | 2,706 | 7,204 | 156 |
North Dublin | 75,675 | 3,612 | 15,895 | 433 |
North Tipp./ East Limerick | 29,369 | 2,042 | 6,144 | 224 |
North West Dublin | 64,571 | 2,024 | 10,116 | 164 |
Roscommon | 28,738 | 1,351 | 6,168 | 97 |
Sligo/ Leitrim | 41,247 | 2,216 | 8,659 | 144 |
South Tipperary | 40,831 | 2,213 | 7,893 | 196 |
Waterford | 54,731 | 2,791 | 10,102 | 205 |
West Cork | 20,776 | 1,332 | 5,424 | 102 |
Wexford | 68,719 | 2,381 | 11,951 | 141 |
Wicklow | 44,548 | 1,699 | 8,005 | 106 |
Total National | 1,768,700 | 76,665 | 328,378 | 6,212 |
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