Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 29 January 2015
147. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 January 2014; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on a discretionary basis on that date. [4215/15]
View answerThe medical card figures, as requested by the Deputy, are provided as follows for 1 January 2014. For comparison purposes, I have also included the most current figures of 1 January 2015.
Number of Cards
|
Card Type |
1st January 2014 |
1st January 2015 |
|
Medical cards |
1,849,380 |
1,768,700 |
|
of which granted involving discretion |
50,294 |
76,665 |
|
GP visit cards |
125,426 |
159,576 |
|
of which granted involving discretion |
25,793 |
34,605 |
