Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 April 2014
684. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the total number of medical cards as of 1 April 2014; the total number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the total number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that date. [16739/14]
View answerThe April figures requested by the Deputy are not as yet collated. The most current figures available relate to 1 March 2014 and are set out in the table below:
|
Card type |
Number of cards |
|
Medical cards |
1,826,578 |
|
of which granted on the basis of discretion |
50,009 |
|
GP Visit cards |
124,512 |
|
of which granted on the basis of discretion |
28,301 |
