Written answers
Thursday, 16 July 2015
Department of Health
Medical Card Data
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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503. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 July 2015; 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. [29857/15]
Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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The data requested by the Deputy as of 1 July 2015 are contained in the following table:
| Card Type | No. of Cards |
|---|---|
| Medical Cards | 1,731,470 |
| of which granted involving discretion | 88,604 |
| GP Visit Cards | 244,171 |
| of which granted involving discretion | 39,829 |
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