Written answers

Thursday, 29 January 2015

Photo of Billy KelleherBilly Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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147. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 January 2014; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that date [4215/15]

Photo of Kathleen LynchKathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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The medical card figures, as requested by the Deputy, are provided as follows for 1 January 2014. For comparison purposes, I have also included the most current figures of 1 January 2015.

Number of Cards

Card Type1st January 20141st January 2015
Medical cards1,849,3801,768,700
of which granted involving discretion50,29476,665
GP visit cards125,426159,576
of which granted involving discretion25,79334,605

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