Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 June 2018
644. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health the percentage of the population with discretionary medical cards; the number of discretionary medical cards which this percentage relates to based on the current population by month to date in 2018. [24503/18]
View answerIn reply to the Deputy's question please see the following table outlining the number of discretionary medical cards, and the percentage of the population covered by these cards, by month for 2018.
|
2018 |
No. of Discretionary Cards |
% of population |
|
May |
137,313 |
2.87% |
|
April |
135,728 |
2.83% |
|
March |
134,437 |
2.81% |
|
February |
133,211 |
2.78% |
|
January |
131,160 |
2.74% |
