Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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218. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of the population aged 18 to 35 years and 25 to 35 years, who hold private medical insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11030/15]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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219. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of all persons who hold private medical insurance who are 35 years of age or younger; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11031/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 218 and 219 together.

The Health Insurance Authority, the independent statutory regulator of the private health insurance market in Ireland, provides my Department with information returns on a twice-yearly basis showing the numbers insured with in-patient health insurance plans, in the age categories outlined in the table below. This data is compiled in respect of the commercial health insurers and excludes people serving waiting periods and members of restricted membership undertakings (which provide insurance to people who are members of a particular group, normally a vocational group or employees of a particular organisation). While the data is not collected or available in the specific manner sought, the breakdown will be of interest as an indication of market trends.