Medical Cards.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 February 2010

Tuesday, 2 February 2010

Ceisteanna (188)

Fergus O'Dowd

Ceist:

273 Deputy Fergus O’Dowd asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of medical cards in each local health office for each month between January and December 2009. [4487/10]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Health and Children (Deputy Mary Harney)

The Health Service Executive has the operational and funding responsibility for the medical card and GP visit card benefits. It collates medical card and GP visit card data by Local Health Office, age and gender. Therefore, my Department has asked the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to address this matter and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.