Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 March 2017
796. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 1 March 2017; 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. [13115/17]
View answerThe table displays the number of medical cards as of 1 March 2017. These figures were provided by the HSE Primary Care Reimbursement Service to the Department of Health.
|
Type of Card |
Number of cards nationally |
|
Medical Cards (inclusive of discretionary) |
1,658,730 |
|
GP Visit Cards (inclusive of discretionary) |
475,184 |
|
Discretionary Medical Cards |
118,228 |
|
Discretionary GP Visit Cards |
35,350 |
