Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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281. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of the population that have neither private health insurance nor a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10915/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Healthy Ireland survey is a nationally representative sample survey of adults aged 15 and over. From this survey, it is possible to ascertain the proportion of adults in Ireland who have neither private health insurance or a Medical/GP Visit Card.

According to data from waves 1 and 2 of this survey, approximately 22% of adults aged 15 and over have neither private health insurance or a Medical/GP Visit Card. This equates to approximately 833 thousand adults.