Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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873. To ask the Minister for Health the current average cost of a GP visit card; the current average cost of a GP visit card for under six years of age; the current average cost of a GP visit card for over 70 years of age; the current average cost of a GP visit element of medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13433/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The PCRS Financial Management Reports are configured on the basis of age groups. The average cost of a Medical Card and GP Visit Card for the under 6's is included in the 0 - 4 years and 5 - 15 years categories.

The data below represents the relevant indicative annualised costs for the period 2016.

Indicative Annual Cost per card

As the cost of GP Visit Cards and Medical Cards varies significantly with the age of the cardholder, a ‘blanket’ average cost of either card does not provide a true cost representation.