Medical Card Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 December 2014

Thursday, 18 December 2014

Questions (421)

Billy Kelleher

Question:

421. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for December 2013 and December 2014 for each local health area the number of medical cards in circulation; the number of which issued on the basis of the exercise of discretion; and the number of which were allocated to over 70s. [49216/14]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Health

The figures as requested by the Deputy for 1 December 2013 and 1 December 2014, are provided as follows.

-	-			Numbers  at 1 Dec 2013				Numbers  at 1 Dec 2014
Local Health Office	Medical Cards	Of which Discretionary	Over 70s Medical Cards	Of which Discretionary	Medical Cards	Of which Discretionary	Over 70s Medical Cards	Of which Discretionary
Carlow/ Kilkenny	61,167	1,454	10,517	127	58,818	2,294	10,085	173
Cavan/ Monaghan	59,933	1,044	10,412	55	57,050	1,779	10,014	91
Clare	49,589	1,908	9,425	319	46,027	2,537	8,908	327
Cork - North Lee	81,536	3,676	13,717	302	78,411	5,018	13,213	386
Cork - South Lee	62,988	2,214	14,639	230	60,318	3,144	13,404	300
Donegal	90,695	1,807	14,320	97	86,403	2,901	14,153	207
Dublin North Central	54,191	981	11,897	105	54,079	1,558	10,675	179
Dublin South City	38,466	617	8,861	59	36,487	974	7,570	117
Dublin South East	24,695	504	8,988	59	22,936	778	7,339	128
Dublin South West	68,261	1,591	11,911	108	65,623	2,239	11,111	171
Dublin West	62,063	1,146	7,648	41	59,862	1,804	7,218	84
Dún Laoghaire	24,774	540	10,274	79	21,847	754	7,918	131
Galway	103,817	2,412	19,018	81	98,081	3,816	18,027	171
Kerry	61,154	2,100	13,186	187	59,010	2,935	12,553	236
Kildare/ West Wicklow	76,734	2,487	11,783	165	73,494	3,545	11,211	250
Laois/ Offaly	70,170	2,561	11,381	208	68,055	3,650	10,927	261
Limerick	80,626	2,661	15,339	462	77,341	3,649	14,417	477
Longford/ Westmeath	57,362	1,340	9,670	94	55,778	2,106	9,169	142
Louth	62,091	744	9,788	43	59,548	1,404	9,310	84
Mayo	66,854	1,408	13,125	41	62,712	2,239	12,643	88
Meath	68,611	967	10,590	34	65,348	1,774	10,225	75
North Cork	36,068	2,029	7,617	103	33,777	2,676	7,203	149
North Dublin	81,391	2,417	17,427	303	76,007	3,540	15,872	422
North Tipp./ East Limerick	30,834	1,619	6,457	196	29,343	2,007	6,136	220
North West Dublin	69,930	1,239	11,124	89	64,994	1,952	10,101	155
Roscommon	30,474	930	6,400	62	28,698	1,298	6,152	88
Sligo/ Leitrim	43,123	1,516	9,067	77	41,128	2,166	8,614	136
South Tipperary	42,355	1,515	8,214	184	40,869	2,178	7,880	191
Waterford	57,916	1,872	10,527	197	54,889	2,705	10,064	195
West Cork	21,933	914	5,729	68	20,774	1,300	5,414	100
Wexford	71,834	1,427	12,310	56	68,952	2,288	11,900	132
Wicklow	46,744	1,145	8,573	67	44,709	1,666	7,983	106
Total	1,858,379	50,785	349,934	4,298	1,771,368	74,674	327,409	5,972