Written answers
Thursday, 29 January 2015
Department of Health
Medical Card Data
Billy 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]
Kathleen 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 Type | 1st January 2014 | 1st January 2015 |
---|---|---|
Medical cards | 1,849,380 | 1,768,700 |
of which granted involving discretion | 50,294 | 76,665 |
GP visit cards | 125,426 | 159,576 |
of which granted involving discretion | 25,793 | 34,605 |
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