Medical Card Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 21 January 2015

Wednesday, 21 January 2015

Questions (152)

Billy Kelleher

Question:

152. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form for 1 January 2014 and 1 January 2015 for each local health area the number of medical cards in circulation; the number issued on the basis of the exercise of discretion; and the number of which allocated to over 70s. [2905/15]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Health

The medical card figures, as requested by the Deputy, are provided below for 1 January 2015 and 1 January 2014.

1/1/2014

LHO	Medical Cards	Of which Discretionary	Over 70	Of which Discretionary
Carlow/ Kilkenny	60,936	1,480	10,466	130
Cavan/ Monaghan	59,546	1,050	10,369	56
Clare	49,107	1,870	9,377	314
Cork - North Lee	81,031	3,548	13,687	303
Cork - South Lee	62,696	2,187	14,535	232
Donegal	89,665	1,804	14,324	96
Dublin North Central	54,306	996	11,856	106
Dublin South City	38,374	613	8,793	61
Dublin South East	24,672	509	8,904	61
Dublin South West	68,136	1,563	11,911	109
Dublin West	61,965	1,137	7,616	41
Dun Laoghaire	24,591	535	10,116	80
Galway	102,979	2,385	18,950	79
Kerry	60,991	2,140	13,142	188
Kildare/ West Wicklow	76,445	2,432	11,760	164
Laois/ Offaly	69,860	2,502	11,384	206
Limerick	80,289	2,673	15,246	460
Longford/ Westmeath	57,243	1,358	9,633	94
Louth	61,937	756	9,770	46
Mayo	66,377	1,391	13,112	42
Meath	68,280	983	10,553	32
North Cork	35,736	1,982	7,609	108
North Dublin	81,130	2,387	17,414	300
North Tipp./ East Limerick	30,716	1,599	6,399	191
North West Dublin	69,546	1,254	11,070	91
Roscommon	30,178	885	6,385	64
Sligo/ Leitrim	42,821	1,490	9,042	77
South Tipperary	42,126	1,487	8,177	183
Waterford	57,602	1,838	10,500	200
West Cork	21,804	901	5,707	69
Wexford	71,645	1,441	12,248	57
Wicklow	46,650	1,118	8,561	63
Total National	1,849,380	50,294	348,616	4,303

1/1/2015

LHO	Medical Cards	Of which Discretionary	Over 70	Of which Discretionary
Carlow/ Kilkenny	58,730	2,369	10,133	179
Cavan/ Monaghan	56,871	1,860	10,013	96
Clare	46,120	2,587	8,927	335
Cork - North Lee	78,439	5,097	13,293	404
Cork - South Lee	60,189	3,232	13,424	308
Donegal	86,621	3,004	14,242	223
Dublin North Central	53,855	1,596	10,704	182
Dublin South City	36,380	1,003	7,592	123
Dublin South East	22,884	801	7,358	132
Dublin South West	65,418	2,290	11,154	180
Dublin West	59,688	1,871	7,220	83
Dun Laoghaire	21,767	777	7,909	134
Galway	98,200	3,901	18,067	184
Kerry	59,013	3,027	12,603	248
Kildare/ West Wicklow	73,255	3,609	11,231	261
Laois/ Offaly	68,034	3,707	10,992	275
Limerick	77,253	3,706	14,482	486
Longford/ Westmeath	55,745	2,172	9,221	147
Louth	59,525	1,495	9,365	97
Mayo	62,610	2,333	12,659	92
Meath	65,130	1,861	10,228	75
North Cork	33,768	2,706	7,204	156
North Dublin	75,675	3,612	15,895	433
North Tipp./ East Limerick	29,369	2,042	6,144	224
North West Dublin	64,571	2,024	10,116	164
Roscommon	28,738	1,351	6,168	97
Sligo/ Leitrim	41,247	2,216	8,659	144
South Tipperary	40,831	2,213	7,893	196
Waterford	54,731	2,791	10,102	205
West Cork	20,776	1,332	5,424	102
Wexford	68,719	2,381	11,951	141
Wicklow	44,548	1,699	8,005	106
Total National	1,768,700	76,665	328,378	6,212