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Medical Card Application Numbers

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 11 June 2014

Wednesday, 11 June 2014

Questions (139)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

139. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards that have been issued per capita in each county. [24832/14]

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The table provides the most recent medical card figures, at 1 May 2014, as requested by the Deputy. The HSE collate medical card statistical data by Local Health Office area, and not by county.

 Local Health Office 

Medical Cards

 Carlow/ Kilkenny 

59,323

 Cavan/ Monaghan 

57,772

 Clare 

47,242

 Cork - North Lee 

78,037

 Cork - South Lee 

60,996

 Donegal 

88,033

 Dublin North Central 

54,046

 Dublin South City 

37,728

 Dublin South East 

24,185

 Dublin South West 

66,679

 Dublin West 

60,887

 Dún Laoghaire 

23,837

 Galway 

99,686

 Kerry 

59,720

 Kildare/ West Wicklow 

74,360

 Laois/ Offaly 

68,258

 Limerick 

78,571

 Longford/ Westmeath 

56,006

 Louth 

60,345

 Mayo 

64,341

 Meath 

66,269

 North Cork 

34,339

 North Dublin 

78,839

 North Tipp./ East Limerick 

29,768

 North West Dublin 

67,340

 Roscommon 

29,236

 Sligo/ Leitrim 

41,872

 South Tipperary 

40,959

 Waterford 

55,534

 West Cork 

21,057

 Wexford 

69,452

 Wicklow 

45,465

 Total National 

1,800,182

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