Written answers
Tuesday, 22 September 2015
Department of Health
Medical Card Data
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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1091. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 September 2015; the number of general practitioner visit cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that date. [31895/15]
Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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The following table provides the medical card and GP card figures as requested by the Deputy.
1st Sept 2015
Card Type | No. of Cards |
---|---|
Medical cards | 1,730,575 |
of which granted involving discretion | 92,879 |
GP Visit cards | 365,859 |
of which granted involving discretion | 40,979 |
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