Written answers
Tuesday, 22 March 2016
Department of Health
Medical Card Data
Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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304. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards, the number of general practitioner cards, the number of each type of card issued on a discretionary basis; and the number for each type of card assigned to persons over 70 years of age as of 1 February 2016. [4823/16]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Please see medical and GP visit card figures in the following table for those aged 70 and over at 1 February 2016, as requested by the Deputy.
Card Type | Total Cards |
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Medical cards for those 70 and over | 333,115 |
of which granted involving discretion | 8,285 |
GP Visit cards for those 70 and over | 81,266 |
of which granted involving discretion | 50 |
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